The role of diamonds in fuelling conflict :#breaking the link between the illicit transaction of rough diamonds and armed conflict as a contribution to prevention and settlement of conflicts : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Calls upon all States to implement fully Security Council measures targeting the link between the trade in conflict diamonds and the supply to rebel movements of weapons, fuel or other prohibited material; urges all States to support efforts of the diamond producing, processing, exporting and importing countries and the diamond industry to find ways to break the link between conflict diamonds and armed conflict, and encourages other appropriate initiatives to this end, including improved international cooperation on law enforcement; expresses the need to give urgent and careful consideration to devising effective and pragmatic measures to address the problem of conflict diamonds; requests the countries participating in the Kimberley Process to submit to the General Assembly, no later than at its 56th session, a report on progress made.

Adopted without vote, 79th plenary meeting

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