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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 …

World Diamond Council Board of Directors elects officers, Edward Asscher to serve as new WDC President

MAY 13, 2014 – The Board of Directors of the World Diamond Council has elected a new President, Vice President and Treasurer of the organization. Edward Asscher, a fifth generation diamantaire who heads the Royal Asscher Diamond Company of the Netherlands, was elected WDC President. Andrew Bone, head of Government & Industry Relations of the …

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 …

WDC President supports decision of KP Chair to temporarily suspend Central African Republic from Kimberley Process Certification Scheme

TEL AVIV: MAY 28, 2013 – Eli Izhakoff, President of the World Diamond Council has supported without reservation the decision issued on May 23 by Ambassador Welile Nhlapo, Chair of the Kimberley Process, to suspend temporarily the Central African Republic (CAR) from the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme. “This is a tough but appropriate measure that …

Eli Izhakoff announces he will conclude term as WDC President on June 30 (January 30, 2013)

NEW YORK: JANUARY 30, 2012 – Eli Izhakoff has announced that he will conclude his term as President of the World Diamond Council on June 30, 2013, after 13 consecutive years at the head of the diamond and jewelry organization. Mr. Izhakoff’s decision was not sudden and was entirely personal. He had informed the WDC …

The diamond sector is committed to Africa’s economic development, stresses WDC President at the 2012 Zimbabwe Diamond Conference

VICTORIA FALLS, ZIMBABWE: NOVEMBER 12, 2012 – It is enabling countries like Zimbabwe to use their natural resources to meet the challenges of the future that is the essence of the mission of the Kimberley Process and the World Diamond Council, said Eli Izhakoff, WDC President, in his address to the opening session of the …