CIBJO supports WDC call to widen ‘conflict diamonds’ definition

The resolution passed by the supreme decision-making body of the CIBJO read as follows: “The General Assembly of CIBJO adds its support to the World Diamond Council, which at its recent Plenary Session in Vicenza expressed its desire to conduct discussions to widen the ‘conflict diamonds’ definition in the core documents of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) on the following basis: ‘diamond-related violence in rough diamond producing and trading areas’. Like the World Diamond Council, the General Assembly of CIBJO considers the proposal suggested in Vicenza by the Kimberley Process chair as a good basis for moving the discussion forward.”