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No Conflict Diamonds: The global policy on Cote d’Ivoire

In November of last year, the Panel of Experts assessed the role of natural resources, such as cotton, diamonds, and cocoa in fuelling the conflict in Ivory Coast and the effectiveness of the arms embargo. With special emphasis placed on the concern that the illicit trade of diamonds was providing income to the rebel group, New Forces.

What ensued, was a report that called on the UN peacekeeping mission in Ivory Coast and the Kimberley Process Secretariat to evaluate the volume of illicit diamond exports. With a recommendation that the Security Council ask the rebel group to provide an inventory of the weapons in its possession and the Ivorian government to submit a breakdown of its defense expenditures.

The following month, a mere five months previous to right now, those demands were still unmet. Forcing the Security Council to once again threaten sanctions against those individuals suspected of violating the arms embargo or impeding the peace process in Ivory Coast. While under France’s leadership, the Security Council did acknowledge the role of diamonds in fuelling the conflict and broadened the arms embargo to include a ban on diamond exports from Ivory Coast.

As on the blood diamond trade continues. Leaving the watchers to wonder, how often does the threat of sanctions actual bear results?

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