| When people talk about diamonds they mention | | | | 2000 the diamond producing countries of South |
| the beauty of these stones. What is not | | | | Africa met in a place called Kimberley which is |
| mentioned is that some of these diamonds such | | | | found in South Africa. A plan was put in place |
| as conflict diamonds bring about more horrors | | | | whereby the trade in blood diamonds could be |
| than can be imagined. This is especially true of | | | | halted. Buyers of these types of diamonds would |
| conflict diamonds which can rightly be called blood | | | | then be assured that their diamond purchases |
| diamonds as they seem to embody the blood | | | | wont have contributed to any violence or war in |
| that is spilled with the money that comes from | | | | another country.On July of 2000 the congress of |
| these diamonds. There are other names which | | | | the World Diamond manufacturers adopted a |
| are used for blood diamonds. These are seldom | | | | resolution to strengthen the diamond industry's |
| heard by your average purchaser of diamond | | | | ability to block sales of blood diamonds. This |
| jewelry. The other names are ones like war | | | | resolution was done at Antwerp. The resolution |
| diamond, dirty diamond and of course conflict | | | | calls for an international certification system.This |
| diamonds. For a diamond to qualify as being a | | | | certification system is placed on the export and |
| blood diamond you should understand that is | | | | import of all diamonds in the world. By this |
| needs to be mined from a country that is at war | | | | system each country can accept legislation from |
| within its own borders.The blood diamonds which | | | | different countries to accept only diamonds which |
| are mined from these diamond mines are sold in | | | | are in officially sealed packages. These seals |
| clandestine sales. The money which is obtained | | | | should state that the diamonds which are |
| from these sales provides the various warlords | | | | enclosed are not being used as proceeds for |
| with the funds they need to carry on with their | | | | war.The resolution also allows various countries to |
| war efforts. This includes the buying of more | | | | impose war criminal charges on anyone who is |
| highly specialized weapons. Now although the | | | | found guilty of selling blood diamonds. These |
| United Nations in 1998 has identified blood | | | | countries have also been given the right to |
| diamonds as being a source of funding for war, it | | | | impose a ban on any country or person who feels |
| has taken the diamond industry some time to | | | | that they can trade in the sale of blood diamonds. |
| take steps to address this problem.In May of | | | | |