Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs written question – answered at on 25 June 2007.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps her Department is taking on the international trade in conflict diamonds; and what discussions she has had with her counterparts in the (a) Liberian and (b) Sierra Leonean Governments on the matter.
The UK is fully committed to implementing the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS). The body responsible for this, the Government Diamond Office (GDO), is a department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), and works closely with HM Revenue and Customs, the UK diamond industry and civil society groups to ensure effective implementation of the provisions of the KPCS document.
The UK is supportive of the current European Union Chairmanship of the KPCS, which began on
The UK supported the recent lifting of UN sanctions on the diamond trade in Liberia, following an inspection from the Kimberley Process Expert Mission which confirmed that Liberia had the necessary systems in place in order to ensure compliance with the KPCS.
My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary has had no discussions with her counterparts in Liberia and Sierra Leone on the international trade in conflict diamonds.
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