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Good exchange and ideas To forge the way forward for KP KP Plenary Session scheduled To be held Delhi in November 2019 India, as the KP Chair for 2019, successfully hosted the KP Intersessional meeting in Mumbai. The meeting which started on 17thJune concluded today, 21st June 2019. The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) Intersessional Meeting 2019 is an annual mid-year event of KPCS – a tri-partite mechanism that unites participating governments, diamond industry and civil society. KPCS is an international mechanism mandated by UN to reduce the flow of conflict diamonds which were being used to finance wars against legitimate governments. Mr. Alok Vardhan Chaturvedi, KP Chair and Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) hosted and addressed over 200KP delegates from 82 countries including the US, Russian Federation, European Union, Canada, China, Israel, Australia, UAE, and several producing countries from Africa– Sierra Leone, DR Congo, Angola, ...

WDC President calls on KP-member countries to enact measures that enable diamonds to meet their full developmental potential! WDC President Stephane Fischler has called on Kimberley Process-member governments to do what is necessary to safeguard the interests of their mining communities, and in so doing optimize the developmental potential of their natural resources. He was speaking during the Opening Session of the 2019 Intersessional Meeting of the Kimberley Process (KP), which opened today in the Indian city of Mumbai. "We must agree that the Kimberley Process should ensure that each government takes responsibility to ensure a chain of provenance, earning the trust of consumers wherever they are, and in so doing produce the revenues that must filter back to the grass roots of the mining communities," Mr. Fischler stated. Historically, he noted, one of the most critical factors determining whether a country's economy is able to take advantage of the p...

India will play an active role in the evolution and transformation of the Kimberley Process! KP Intersessional Meeting 2019 begins in Mumbai India Advocates for ‘peace’ diamond! “Even a single conflict diamond is one too many. India will play an active role in the evolution and transformation of the Kimberley Process, in the transition from conflict diamonds to peace diamonds. The 4Cs (Cut, Clarity, Colour & Carat) of diamond may soon be expanded to 5Cs with the 5th C being ‘Conflict-free’. And the 5Ps of diamond marketing (Precious, Popular, Prestige, Priceless) will include ‘Peace’ diamonds”. This was stated by Director General, Directorate General of Foreign Trade, Shri Alok Vardhan Chaturvedi, at the opening session of the Kimberley Process Intersessional Meeting 2019, in Mumbai on June 17, 2019. The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) Intersessional Meeting 2019 is an annual mid-year event of KPCS, which unites administrations, civil societi...