the United Nations and conflict diamonds

UN Resolutions

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
The role of diamonds in fueling conflict, penalties for sanctions violators, and a possible permanent monitoring mechanism for UN sanctions ...

Cote d'Ivoire

UN Security Council Resolution 1643 that imposes an embargo on diamonds from Cote d'Ivoire - 15 December 2005

Angola

Security Council resolution 1374 (2001) on the situation in Angola

Security Council resolution 1348 (2001) on the situation in Angola

Security Council resolution 1336 (2001) on the situation in Angola

Supplementary report of the Monitoring Mechanism on Sanctions against UNITA (S/2001/966)
...The Monitoring Mechanism has been charged with the responsibility of collecting information and investigating leads relating to violations of pertinent sanctions resolutions "with a view to improving the implementation of the measures imposed against UNITA".
(15 October 2001)

Final Report of the Monitoring Mechanism on Angola Sanctions
An extremely detailed UN report on the violation of sanctions against UNITA. S/2000/125
(21 December 2000)

Fowler Report
Letter dated 4 June 1999 from the Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to Resolution 864 (1993) concerning the situation in Angola addressed to the President of the Security Council
(4 June 1999)

Democratic Republic of Congo

Security Council resolution 1341 (2001) on the situation concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of Congo: exploitation of natural resources continues 'unabated,' UN panel reports
An addendum to the April report of the UN Panel of Experts on the illegal exploitation of natural resources and other forms of wealth in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has recommended imposing a moratorium on the purchase and import of certain precious commodities from that country...

UN Panel Calls for Embargo on Congo Exploiters
A UN-appointed panel investigating the plundering of resources in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) urged the UN Security Council to immediately declare an embargo on the import or export of diamonds, gold, timber and minerals from or to Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda.

Report of the Panel of Experts on the Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources and Other Forms of Wealth of the Democratic Republic of Congo
Illegal exploitation of the mineral and forest resources of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is taking place at an alarming rate. Two phases can be distinguished: mass-scale looting and the systematic and systemic exploitation of natural resources...

Liberia

Sierra Leone

Security Council resolution 1346 (2001) on the situation in Sierra Leone

Full Text Of UN Security Council Summary Report on Sierra Leone Diamonds
S/2000/1150 - Summary report on the exploratory hearing on Sierra Leone Diamonds

Full Text of UN Security Council's Sierra Leone Resolution
UN Security Council Recalling its previous resolutions and the statements of its President concerning the situation in Sierra Leone, and in particular its resolutions 1132 (1997) of 8 October 1997, 1171 (1998) of 5 June 1998 and 1299 (2000) of 19 May 2000...

UNITED NATIONS Sierra Leone Expert Panel Report
The UN Panel of Experts Report on Sierra Leone

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