(Rapaport…June 20, 2004) Norway became the 44th member of the Kimberley Process, the international certification plan designed to prevent conflict diamonds – those used to fund civil insurgencies in Africa – from entering the legitimate diamond trade.
The participants are:
Angola
Armenia
Australia
Belarus
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Canada
Central African Republic
China, People’s Republic of
Congo, Democratic Republic of
Congo, Republic of
Cote D’ Ivoire
Croatia
European Community
Ghana
Guinea
Guyana
India
Israel
Japan
Korea, Republic of
Laos, People’s Republic of
Lesotho
Malaysia
Mauritius
Namibia
Norway
Romania
Russian Federation
Singapore
Sierra Leone
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Switzerland
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United States of America
Venezuela
Vietnam
Zimbabwe
The rough-diamond-trading entity of Chinese Taipei has also met the minimum requirements of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme.
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