Reporting to the virtual 2020 Annual General Meeting on October 19, 2020, WDC President Edward Asscher describes the state of the WDC, the role played by the diamond industry representative in the Kimberley Process, and the efforts being to ensure the integrity of the diamond value chain, from mine to retail.
The World Diamond Council’s 2020 Annual General Meeting on October 19, 2020, featured a panel discussion on the diamond industry’s industry’s role in meeting the expectations of the changing consumer.
WDC President looks at regional initiatives to enhance the implementation of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme in artisanal and small-scale mining areas in central and west Africa. He was speaking during CIBJO’s Jewellery Industry Voices seminar at the VOICE Vicenzaoro trade event in Vicenza, Italy, on September 12, 2020.
Participating in CIBJO’s Jewellery Industry Voices seminar at the VOICE Vicenzaoro trade event in Vicenza, Italy, on September 12, 2020, the WDC President discusses the impact of the global pandemic on the diamond industry and its stakeholders along the value chain.
It will be a periodic newsletter launched by the World Diamond Council to highlight the work that we and our members do to safeguard the integrity of both the diamond and the diamond value chain.
Expanding the scope of the Kimberley Process to include issues related to human rights and labor relations will help create conditions in which Sub-Saharan Africa’s artisanal diamond miners can meet their economic potential.
The resolution calls for a strengthening of the Kimberley Process (KP), to more effectively sever the link between the illicit transaction of rough diamonds and armed conflict.
The meeting is being conducted as part the United Nations General Assembly’s 73rd Session, and is entitled “From blood diamonds to peace diamonds: conflict prevention through the Kimberley Process.”
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