View WDC President Feriel Zerouki addressing the closing session of the 2024 Kimberley Process Plenary on November 15, 2024.
View WDC President Feriel Zerouki addressing the closing session of the 2024 Kimberley Process Plenary on November 15, 2024.
View WDC President Feriel Zerouki addressing the opening session of the 2024 Kimberley Process Plenary on November 12, 2024.
View Dr Adriana Traviati, a member of WDC’s Kimberley Process Task Force, presenting the WDC and discussing the latest developments in the KP at the Australian Jewellery Trade Fair in Sydney.
Attendees at the AGM received reports from WDC President Edward Asscher, WDC Executive Director Elodie Daguzan and WDC Treasurer Ronnie VanderLinden. The keynote address, which considered the current state of the diamond market, was delivered by industry analyst, Edahn Golan.
With the KP about to mark the 20th anniversary of the launch of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) in January 2003, it is important that the international forum not rest on the laurels of its early successes, the WDC President told the Opening Session of the 2022 KP Plenary in Gaborone, Botswana, on November 1, 2022.
The 2022 KP Plenary was expected to approve a new Ad Hoc Committee to oversee the next Review and Reform Cycle, which is undertaken every five years. The conflict diamonds definition, which has remained unchanged since 2003 and applies only to rough diamonds financing civil war, will be at key item on its agenda, Edward Asscher said.
Edward Asscher, President of the World Diamond Council, addressed the Presidents’ Meeting of the World Federation of the Diamond Bourses (WDDB) and the International Diamond Manufacturers Association (IDMA) at the Dubai Multi-Commodities Center (DMCC) in Dubai on February 24, 2022.
