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Kimberley Process
In 2000 a joint initiative was begun in Kimberley in South Africa by governments, the international diamond industry and NGO’s to ensure diamonds were not used to fund rebel activities.
The initiative became known as the Kimberley Process and was immediately supported by the United Nations General Assembly. This was the first time a global industry of any kind had cooperated with the UN, governments and NGO’s to address an important humanitarian issue.
On November 5th 2002, fifty two governments ratified and adopted the Kimberley Process, an initiative intended to rid the world of diamonds illegally traded to fund conflict. Today 68 Governments in partnership with NGO’s along with the diamond industry, are committed and legally bound the UN-mandated process.
