Let diamond spark a full potential!
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...