Monday, 28 April 2014

UN ready to scrap embargo on Ivory Coast Diamonds

The United Nations Security Council will vote on Tuesday to quash the decade-long embargo on diamonds from the Ivory Coast. According to one diplomat interviewed by the French news agency, the fifteen members of the Security Council are in unanimous agreement that the sanctions should be scrapped. In November 2013, the Kimberley Process signalled to the UN that the ban on Ivorian diamonds was no longer necessary.  read more

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