Nirvana Diamonds

The ultimate aim of The Kimberley Process is to ensure that every rough diamond sold under the certification requirements imposed upon the Member States by The Kimberley Process, is guaranteed to be conflict-free. Currently, more than 60 diamond-producing countries and several high-profile independent charities concerned with human rights and welfare are party to the agreement. The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme demands that each shipment of rough diamonds being exported and crossing an international border must be sealed in a tamper proof container accompanied by a government validated Kimberly Process certificate. This certificate is resistant to forgery, uniquely numbered and includes a description of the contents of the container. This shipment can be sent only to a country who is a Kimberly Process participant and rough diamonds which are re-exported must also have a Kimberly Process certificate and can only be sent to a participating country.

Approx 10 years, conflict diamonds accounted for around 4% of the world diamond supply. Today, due to the success to date of the Kimberley Process, this is more like 0.2%. However, we feel this is still 0.2% too much.

We have to work together to ensure we get it right. After all, let us consider the ethcial aspects of the diamond equation. The high value that society places on diamonds enables the transfer of wealth from the world's richest countries to some of its poorest. The fact is 65% of the world's diamonds - almost £4 billion per year - are produced in African developing countries. Botswana, the world's largest diamond producer, has the second-highest incidence of AIDS, with 37% of the adult population HIV positive and 160,000 orphans, as of 2003. Diamonds provide 75% of Botswana's foreign earnings. Sierra Leone is ranked the world's poorest country by the UN Human Development Index, with about 70% of its people living on less than 70p per day. Diamonds account for 94% of its exports. The fact is that diamonds are keeping these millions of people alive today.) Tiffany engagement ring Tiffany diamond Engagement ring Engagement ring UK Engagement rings Engagement rings UK Diamond ear rings Diamond bracelet

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