We may disagree on minor points, but on the vast principle of stopping the blood diamond trade we are all in agreement. |
The Kimberley process is one which says that a bundle of rough diamonds comes from a location that is secure from diversion, the black market and the blood diamond trade. |
It's not ideological and it's not the gung-ho image one has from the film Blood Diamond. |
The UN has shown an ongoing interest in the blood diamond issue. |
Ethical investors may want to do their research first, to avoid inadvertently financing poor labour conditions and the infamous blood diamond trade. |
Essentially, we will get the power to exclude certain diamonds, those being less than one millimetre, which have no bearing whatsoever on the illegal blood diamond trade. |