Diamond ban likely on Zimbabwe
Sunday, 1 November 2009
HARARE, Oct 31 (Commodity Online): Considering the army's involvement in smuggling illegally mined diamonds into world market, Zimbabwe is likely to be banned from the diamond trade.
According to reports in the media, the ban has been recommended by a Kimberley Process (KP) review mission, which visited the country in July and which has just released its final report on the state of diamond mining in Zimbabwe.
ZimOnline, which carries the full text of the report, said that the mission has called for a temporary ban of six months or more to allow Zimbabwe time to comply with KP standards.
It also recommended that the KP undertake necessary processes to implement a self-suspension, should the country opt to suspend itself from the KP, because Harare could not be trusted to implement recommendations without supervision.
According to reports in the media, the ban has been recommended by a Kimberley Process (KP) review mission, which visited the country in July and which has just released its final report on the state of diamond mining in Zimbabwe.
ZimOnline, which carries the full text of the report, said that the mission has called for a temporary ban of six months or more to allow Zimbabwe time to comply with KP standards.
It also recommended that the KP undertake necessary processes to implement a self-suspension, should the country opt to suspend itself from the KP, because Harare could not be trusted to implement recommendations without supervision.