{"id":10,"date":"2007-07-06T06:25:51","date_gmt":"2007-07-06T12:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.knoxjewelers.biz\/blog\/?p=10"},"modified":"2014-02-07T06:02:36","modified_gmt":"2014-02-07T12:02:36","slug":"conflict-diamonds-another-part-of-the-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knoxjewelers.biz\/blog\/conflict-diamonds-another-part-of-the-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Conflict Diamonds, another part of the story."},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. An estimated 5 million people have access to appropriate healthcare globally thanks to revenues from diamonds.<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Conflict diamonds have been reduced from approximately 4% to considerably less than 1% since the implementation of the Kimberley Process in 2003.<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. An estimated 10 million people globally are directly or indirectly supported by the diamond industry<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. The diamond mining industry generates over 40% of Namibia’s annual export earnings<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Diamond revenues enable every child in Botswana to receive free education up to the age of 13.<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. In July 2000, the global diamond industry announced its zero-tolerance policy towards conflict diamonds and continues to drive this policy.<\/a><\/li>\n
  7. Sierra Leone is now at peace and exported approximately $142 million diamonds in 2005<\/a><\/li>\n
  8. Approximately one million people are employed by the diamond industry in India.<\/a><\/li>\n
  9. Approximately $8.4 billion worth of diamonds a year come from African countries. <\/a><\/li>\n
  10. More than 99% of diamonds are now from conflict free sources and traded under the UN-mandated Kimberley Process.<\/a><\/li>\n
  11. The Diamond Development Initiative was established to improve the working conditions of artisanal miners.<\/a><\/li>\n
  12. The revenue from diamonds is instrumental in the fight against the HIV\/AIDS pandemic.<\/a><\/li>\n
  13. Under the Kimberley Process, rough diamonds can only be exported and imported when accompanied by a certificate from the exporting country. <\/a><\/li>\n
  14. The charity Jewelers for Children funds a community based care program for orphaned children in South Africa.<\/a><\/li>\n
  15. An estimated 65% of the world’s diamonds come from African countries.<\/a><\/li>\n
  16. Today, 71 governments and the legitimate diamond industry are all committed and legally bound to eradicating conflict diamonds.<\/a><\/li>\n
  17. The diamond industry has introduced a system to help give greater assurances to retailers and to provide consumers with the reassurance that their diamond is from a conflict free source. <\/a><\/li>\n
  18. Diamonds account for 33% of the GDP (approximately $3 billion) of Botswana. Since diamonds were discovered in Botswana, GDP annual growth rate has averaged 7%. <\/a><\/li>\n
  19. Major world leaders – including Nelson Mandela – have cited the importance of diamonds to the lives of African people.<\/a><\/li>\n
  20. It is estimated that one million people work in the informal (astisanal) alluvial diamond digging sector.<\/a><\/li>\n
  21. Some diamond producing countries are not Kimberley Process compliant.<\/a><\/li>\n
  22. In November, 2006, 71 Governments, leading NGOs, and the World Diamond Council agreed on measures to further strengthen the Kimberley Process.<\/a><\/li>\n
  23. At the 2006 Kimberley Process Plenary, the industry committed funds and resources to address challenges faced by countries with a high prevalence of artisanal alluvial mining.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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