United Nations Resolutions and the Struggle to Curb the Illicit Trade in Conflict Diamonds in Sub-Sa...

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" United Nations Resolutions and the Struggle to Curb the Illicit Trade in Conflict Diamonds in Sub-Saharan Africa "
Mungbalemwe Koyame

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1064403
Doc. No	:	LA108032
Call No	:	‭10.1163/221097312X13397499736020‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Mungbalemwe Koyame
Title & Author	:	United Nations Resolutions and the Struggle to Curb the Illicit Trade in Conflict Diamonds in Sub-Saharan Africa [Article]\ Mungbalemwe Koyame
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill \| Nijhoff
Title of Periodical	:	African Journal of Legal Studies
Date	:	2005
Volume/ Issue Number	:	1/2
Page No	:	80–101
Abstract	:	This article examines the extent to which revenues from the trade in rough diamonds have funded civil war in African countries and the difficulties encountered by the United Nations in putting an end to it. As case studies, the article considers the conflicts in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Sierra Leone where the illicit trade in rough diamonds, also referred to as “conflict diamonds” or “blood diamonds,” provided most of the funds used by rebel groups in their war efforts. The article further examines the role played by the diamond industry, the international community and diamond importing countries such as the United States and Belgium in the trade of conflict diamonds. The article concludes that several resolutions passed by the United Nations Security Council concerning “conflict diamonds” were at times not successful because of indifference on the part of the international community. This article examines the extent to which revenues from the trade in rough diamonds have funded civil war in African countries and the difficulties encountered by the United Nations in putting an end to it. As case studies, the article considers the conflicts in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Sierra Leone where the illicit trade in rough diamonds, also referred to as “conflict diamonds” or “blood diamonds,” provided most of the funds used by rebel groups in their war efforts. The article further examines the role played by the diamond industry, the international community and diamond importing countries such as the United States and Belgium in the trade of conflict diamonds. The article concludes that several resolutions passed by the United Nations Security Council concerning “conflict diamonds” were at times not successful because of indifference on the part of the international community.
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/221097312X13397499736020‬