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Speech to Closing Session of Kimberley Process Intersessional Meeting in Elephant Hills, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
25 May 2023
Speech to Opening Session of Kimberley Process Intersessional Meeting in Elephant Hills, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
22 May 2023
Speech to meeting of the African Diamond Producers’ Association (ADPA)
20 March 2023
Closing statement for Kimberley Process Plenary Meeting in Gaborone, Botswana
5 November 2022
Speech to Opening Session of Kimberley Process Plenary Meeting in Gaborone, Botswana
1 November 2022
Speech to Closing Session of Kimberley Process Intersessional Meeting in Kasane, Botswana
24 June 2022
Speech to Opening Session of Kimberley Intersessional Meeting in Kasane, Botswana
20 June 2022
7 April 2022
Speech to special meeting of UN Economic & Social Council
18 March 2022
WFDB-IDMA Presidents’ Meeting 2022 in Dubai
24 February 2022
Closing Session of 2021 Kimberley Process Plenary Meeting
15 November 2021
Opening Session of 2021 Kimberley Process Plenary Meeting
8 November 2021
Speech to Closing Session of virtual 2021 Kimberley Process Intersessional meeting
25 June 2021
Speech to Opening Session of virtual 2021 Kimberley Process Intersessional Meeting
21 June 2021
Speech to virtual 2020 WDC Annual General Meeting
19 October 2020
Speech to virtual 2020 World Diamond Congress of World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) and the International Diamond Manufacturers Association (IDMA)
14 September 2020
Speech to Regional Meeting on the Implementation of the Regional Approach on Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) and Fight Against Smuggling of Precious Minerals and Stones in the Mano River Union, Freetown, Sierra Leone
25 February 2020
Speech to Closing Session of 2019 KP Plenary, New Delhi, India
22 November 2019
Discours de clôture réunion plénière PK 2019, New Delhi, Inde
Speech to Opening of KP Plenary Meeting, New Delhi, India
18 November 2019
Speech to Russia-Africa Summit, Sochi, Russia
23 October 2019
Speech to WDC Annual General Meeting Gala Dinner, Antwerp, Belgium
3 October 2019
Address to Closing Session of the 2019 Kimberley Process Intersessional Meeting, Mumbai, India
26 June 2019
Address to Opening Session of the 2019 Kimberley Process Intersessional Meeting, Mumbai, India
17 June 2019
Overview of WDC’s revised System of Warranties (SoW), presented at OECD Responsible Minerals Forum, Paris, France
24 April 2019
Discours d’ouverture du 6ème Forum ‘Africa – Belgium Business Week 2019,’ Genval, Belgium (Original in French)
3 March 2019
Opening Address at the 6th Forum of Africa-Belgium Business Week 2019, Genval, Belgium (English Translation)
Address to special meeting on ‘From blood diamonds to peace diamonds: conflict prevention through the Kimberley Process,’ conducted as part of the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly, New York, USA
28 February 2019
Speech addressed to the 2017 World Diamond Council Annual General Meeting
15 October 2017
Speech addressed to the 2017 Dubai Multi Commodities Centre Meeting, Dubai