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Diamonds Are the Heart of the Matter

International Community Takes a Close Look at Conflict Diamonds

Momentum has been gathering worldwide to globally ban all trade in conflict diamonds. Earlier this year, groundbreaking reports made clear to what extent diamonds--and other "lootable" natural resources--fuel armed conflicts in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Sierra Leone. In these war-torn countries, rebel movements, such as the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) and the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), as well as a number of neighbouring State actors, have been profiting from the breakdown of government control over the lucrative diamond areas (see UN Chronicle, issue 2, 2000). Since then, the international community's response to the problem has been remarkably swift and unequivocal. Several Security Council resolutions, as well as agreements reached at international conferences, have called for the establishment of a global certification regime for diamonds (see time-line on page 67).(Continue Reading)

Diamonds Are the Heart of the Matter
International Community Takes a Close Look at Conflict Diamonds Momentum has been gathering worldwide to globally ban all trade in conflict diamonds.(Continue Reading)

hospitality: Opening Heart and Home
Dorothy Day taught us the real meaning of hospitality by the way she lived day to day. BY JIM FOREST EARLY IN DOSTOEVSKY'S NOVEL The Brothers Karamazov, ...(Continue Reading)

Diamonds & denim: blame it on celebs, who've managed to turn the red carpet blue with glammed-up denim. Sequins, fun fur, funky heels, leopard prints,
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Turning rough diamonds into crown jewels - Profile in construction: Shaya Boymelgreen, President, LB Lev Leview/Boymelgreen
Shaya Boymelgreen's vision has made LB Lev Leviev/Boymelgreen among the most active players in New York City real estate. Whether its books or buildings, ...(Continue Reading)