By Erika W.
At today's Plenary Session in Vicenza, Italy, World Diamond Council members agreed that the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme should evolve and expressed support for discussions to widen the definition of "conflict diamonds" in the Core Documents of the KPCS. The current definition covers rough diamonds that are sold to fund civil conflict. The proposed description would also cover "diamond-related violence in rough diamond producing and trading areas."
WDC's decision to discuss the modification came after Kimberley Process Chair, Gillian Milovanovic, addressed the Plenary Session and suggested the conflict diamond description change to cover "rough diamonds used to finance, or otherwise directly related to armed conflict or other situations of violence."
