Oct 30, 2008
"The trustworthiness and reputation of the world's entire diamond industry should not depend on the willingness of NGOs to act as its watchdog." That is the key message in this year's Diamonds and Human Security Annual Review from Partnership Africa Canada. PAC, an NGO leader in the campaign against conflict diamonds, has turned its attention to evidence of a large and growing trade in illicit rough diamonds, running in parallel with the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme that is supposed to eliminate the practice.
































