女性の方へＮＯ．１


貴女が買われているダイアモンドは実はアフリカでの
紛争の為に武器購入に使われている事を貴女は知っていますか？


今アフリカは紛争をしています。昨日から新聞等で報じられています！

ワールド・ダイヤモンド・カウンシル（WDC）が、
ダイヤモンドが紛争の資源とならないようなシステムを強化し、
世界のダイヤ モンド産業全体が取り組むように強く働きかけること。

紛争ダイヤモンドが合法のダイヤモンド取引に入り込めないような
包括的な追跡システムを設置するよう会員に求めること。

紛争ダイヤモンド撲滅へのポリシーを公にし、
それを消費者が容易に手に取ることができるようにすること。

供給者が、紛争ダイヤモンド撲滅のために、
効果的なポリシーと独立した検査基準を確立すること

下記をコピーして、
ワールド・ダイヤモンド・カウンシル（WDC）宛
に航空便でお送りください！


Clean up the diamond trade

Eli Izhakoff
Chairman and CEO
World Diamond Council
580 Fifth Avenue
New York
NY 10036, USA

I am writing to the World Diamond Council (WDC) asking it to take strong action to ensure that the entire diamond
industry strengthens its systems to make sure diamonds can never again fund conflict.

The WDC must require that its members put in place a comprehensive tracking system to ensure that conflict diamonds
cannot enter the legitimate diamond trade.

As you are aware, conflict diamonds have funded devastating conflicts in Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo,
Liberia, and Sierra Leone. The problem of conflict diamonds from Cote d'Ivoire reaching international markets
highlights weaknesses in the Kimberley Process, set up by governments to try and address the issue of conflict
diamonds, and shows
what more needs to be done.

In many participating countries, government controls of the diamond trade from mining to polishing are still
inadequate and poorly enforced due to the lack of effective monitoring, capacity and political will.

The diamond industry must make sure they are not trading in conflict diamonds, and guarantee that they can give
consumers assurances that the diamonds they buy are conflict-free.

Nicky Oppenheimer, chairman of De Beers, recently stated "It is not just governments who must act. The
international diamond industry has a primary responsibility to ensure that not even one diamond of suspect origin
enters the legitimate supply chain. There must be zero tolerance of conflict diamonds and zero tolerance of those
who deal in them."

In order to make sure diamonds never again fund conflict, the diamond industry agreed to adopt a system of
warranties to support the Kimberley Process. This covers both rough and polished diamonds.

But it can only be effective if it is implemented by all sectors of the diamond industry, and if its adherence is
independently verified and audited. Otherwise, unscrupulous traders will find loopholes in the system, allowing
conflict diamonds to enter the legitimate trade.

All diamond companies should:

* Implement a comprehensive system to track diamonds, based on clear standards to help ensure that no conflict
diamonds can enter the legitimate trade

* Get this system independently verified annually

* Publish their policy to combat conflict diamonds and make it easily accessible to consumers

* Make sure that suppliers have effective policies and independent auditing measures in place to combat conflict
diamonds

The World Diamond Council and its member associations should actively monitor companies to ensure that this system
is being met and should hold those violating the system to account, as well as publicly calling on governments to
monitor the industry more rigorously.

Sincerely,