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World Diamond Council reiterates warning about trading rough diamonds from Central African Republic

JUNE 30, 2014 – The World Diamond Council has issued a warning that, despite the Administrative Decision of the Kimberley Process of May 23, 2013, which ordered the temporary suspension of trading in diamonds from the Central African Republic (CAR), production of diamonds in that country is continuing and there is evidence of diamonds from …

Scope of Kimberley Process should remain limited to disassociating conflict from rough diamond trade, WDC President tells KP Intersessional

JUNE 10, 2014 – Speaking this morning at the Intersessional Meeting of the Kimberley Process In Shanghai, Edward Asscher, President of the World Diamond Council, stressed that the mandate of the KP should remain focused on eliminating the trade in diamonds from areas of conflict. The following is the full text of Mr. Asscher’s address: …

WDC President and Kimberley Process Chair sign MOU to formalize WDC’s operation of KP’s Administrative Support Mechanism in 2014

MAY 26, 2014 – Edward Asscher, President of the World Diamond Council, and Vice Minister Wei Chuanzhong, Chair of the Kimberley Process, signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Antwerp on Friday, May 23, formalizing the agreement for 2014 between the two organizations, according to which WDC finances and operates the Administrative Support Mechanism (ASM) on …

Kimberley Process empowered African diamond-producing nations, says WDC President at Angola Centenary Diamond Conference

LUANDA, ANGOLA: JUNE 20, 2013 – One of the overriding consequences of the Kimberley Process has been the empowerment of the African nations and the African people in the diamond business, said Eli Izhakoff, President of the World Diamond Council, in his address today to the Angola Centenary Diamond Conference, in Luanda, Angola. The following …