The group of experts monitoring United Nations sanctions on Liberia has called for the extension of the world body’s peacekeeping mission in the West African country to assist the Government in regaining control of its natural resources. The mid-term report of the Panel of Experts on Liberia recommended that the UN Mission, known as UNMIL, [...]
KP Warns of Risk of Fake Certificates
Bernhard Esau, Chair of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, has warned of the risk of fake KP certificates. In order to protect the KPCS against the use of fake or forged KP certificates, Esau recommends that KP certificates are carefully examined, and in case of reasonable doubt of fake certificates, to contact the relevant KP [...]
Kimberley Process Opens Second Office at Dubai’s Almas Tower
The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) for the ethical trade of rough diamonds has expanded its United Arab Emirates operations with the opening of a second office at Almas Tower, located in the Jumeirah Lakes Towers community in Dubai. Currently operating within the Dubai Airport Free zone alongside the Transguard offices, the second KP office [...]
Civil Society Groups Warn Effectiveness of Kimberley Process Compromised
A landmark scheme established in 2003 to prevent trade in conflict diamonds is potentially failing in its objectives, campaigners have said. Ahead of a key meeting of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) in Namibia, a coalition of civil society groups said that despite having all the tools in place, the scheme was failing effectively [...]
U.S. State Dept Warns Over Counterfeit Guinea KP Certificates
In recent weeks, two attempts have been made to present Kimberley Process Certificates allegedly from the Republic of Guinea for purposes of importation into the United States, warns Brad Brooks-Rubin, the United States Department of State’s Special Advisor for Conflict Diamonds. Following effective due diligence, a U .S. customs brokerage notified the Department of [...]