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Blood Diamonds in Liberia

Blood Diamonds in Liberia. By: Olena Yousif and Peter Kim. http://www.rnw.nl/data/files/imagecache/must_carry/images/lead/diamond-650.jpg http://diamonds.blogs.com/diamonds_update/images/liberiamap_1.jpg. Creating a Conflict Free Diamond World. Directly :

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Blood Diamonds in Liberia

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  1. Blood Diamonds in Liberia By: Olena Yousif and Peter Kim http://www.rnw.nl/data/files/imagecache/must_carry/images/lead/diamond-650.jpg http://diamonds.blogs.com/diamonds_update/images/liberiamap_1.jpg

  2. Creating a Conflict Free Diamond World Directly: ·  Revolutionary United Front rebels took control over diamond rich areas. ·  They exploited civilians and made them work in the mines as slaves and prisoners. ·   Had a civil war that went on for 8 years and killed over 200,000 people and displaced many more. · Diamond used for money, fueling the rebel groups’ to perpetrate more violence and continues on. · Al Quada having links with Liberia. http://www.stopblooddiamonds.org/conflict-diamonds-liberia.asp http://moproblems.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/rebel-group.jpg

  3. Turn the diamonds into cash and using that to purchase guns, ammunitions, and other weapons. • Civil Wars are occurring and are being funded by other countries near them. Indirectly http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/african-diamond-trade-3.jpg http://www.stopblooddiamonds.org/conflict-diamonds-liberia.asp

  4. Liberia gave support in the form of weapons, training, logistical support, as well as a safe place where the rebels could retreat to. • Neighboring countries supporting Liberia’s rebel groups. http://www.allaboutgemstones.com/conflict-diamonds_liberia.html Indirect (Cont.) http://www.europe.org.uk/files/651_blood_diamonds_2.jpg

  5. Directly: • Artisanal diamond mines were easy targets for rebel groups to take control over and they were the prey for rebel groups who could seize the mines, trading their diamonds for cash. • Mano River being Liberia’s main source of diamonds . Conflict Diamonds: Liberia http://img4.allvoices.com/thumbs/event/480/385/34316566-blood-diamonds.jpg http://www.allaboutgemstones.com/conflict-diamonds_liberia.html

  6. Rebels groups killing Liberian civilians 2002-2006 http://www.regjeringen.no/upload/UD/Vedlegg/refleks/Cilliers_graf1.jpg

  7. Civil War erupted in 1989. • Al Quada purchasing millions of dollars worth of diamonds. • Even had the UN dispatch militia to ease down the violence. Indirect http://www.allaboutgemstones.com/conflict-diamonds_liberia.html http://www.europe.org.uk/files/652_blood_diamonds_1.jpg

  8. http://www.diamondsnews.com/images/liberia%20diamond%20mines.jpghttp://www.diamondsnews.com/images/liberia%20diamond%20mines.jpg http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/images/blooddiamonds.jpg

  9. http://www.galleryatlantic.com/pics/userpics/File/blood%20diamonds.jpghttp://www.galleryatlantic.com/pics/userpics/File/blood%20diamonds.jpg

  10. Directly: • Kimberley Process in 2007, the European Community today confess Liberia as a member in following an assessment made by an expert mission sent to the country • Liberia has been subject to UN diamond approval for six years, as a result of its civil war, it got promoted in large part by the smuggling of conflict diamonds from Liberia and Sierra Leone http://www.europa-eu-un.org/articles/en/article_7000_en.htm Liberia enters the diamond trade http://www.allaboutgemstones.com/images/conflict_diamonds_liberia_taylor.jpg

  11. Liberia will now be able to export its rough diamonds legally to other Kimberley Process Members. • As a result of civil war Liberia has been subjected to UN diamond approval for 6 years. • Kimberley Process experts visited Liberia in 2005, 2006 and 2007 to advise Liberia on diamond production and trade to prevent conflict diamonds. http://www.4to40.com/images/qa/Kimberley_Process.jpg Indirectly http://www.europa-eu-un.org/articles/en/article_7000_en.htm

  12. un.org/articles/en/article_7000_en.htm http://www.dejoria.co.uk/catalogue/html_content_images/conflictfree-1.jpg

  13. Directly • The ban was meant to stop income from the sale of “blood diamonds” fueling wars in West Africa. • Nearly half of the world's diamonds come from west, central and southern Africa. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6602173.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6602173.stm UN lifts Liberia diamond sale ban

  14. Workers pressed for the ban to be lifted, arguing that funs were desperately needed to improve living standards in Liberia. • Unemployment is at 85% in the West African nation, and this is a chance to create much needed jobs Indirect: http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40407000/jpg/_40407967_diamondminersap203b.jpg http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6602173.stm

  15. Direct: • Liberia has banned imports of uncertified rough diamonds from Sierra Leone, Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo to conform with UN approval on stones used to support rebels. http://www.ask.com/bar?q=blood+diamond+in+liberia&page=1&qsrc=0&dm=all&ab=7&title=Liberia+Bans+Import+of+%27Blood+Diamonds%27&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.globalpolicy.org%2Fsecurity%2Fissues%2Fliberia%2F2001%2F0319ban.htm&sg=%2BOW40zCnObJ6QDCNy%2BP8eWz%2BIcMUQivaI3SiXG4QlT4%3D&tsp=1256844043762 Liberia Bans Import of ‘Blood Diamonds’ http://www.whiteflash.com/diamonds_info/articlefiles/530-kimbcert.jpg

  16. Diamonds fueled the civil war with terrible consequences. • Liberia banned diamond exports just ahead of a UN Security Council to support for Sierra Leone's Revolutionary United Front rebels http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KeWBqsv8hR4/Se1RIA7EP5I/AAAAAAAAAI4/osu_8z6DOmQ/s400/blood+diamonds.jpg http://www.ask.com/bar?q=blood+diamond+in+liberia&page=1&qsrc=0&dm=all&ab=7&title=Liberia+Bans+Import+of+%27Blood+Diamonds%27&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.globalpolicy.org%2Fsecurity%2Fissues%2Fliberia%2F2001%2F0319ban.htm&sg=%2BOW40zCnObJ6QDCNy%2BP8eWz%2BIcMUQivaI3SiXG4QlT4%3D&tsp=1256844043762 Indirect:

  17. "Creating a Conflict Free Diamond World." Stop Blood Diamonds. Web. 02 Nov. 2009. http://www.stopblooddiamonds.org/conflict-diamonds-liberia.asp. "Conflict Diamonds: Liberia." All About Gemstones. Web. 02 Nov. 2009. http://www.allaboutgemstones.com/conflict-diamonds_liberia.html. European Commission. GALE, 2007. Web. 29 Oct. 2009. http://www.europa-eu-un.org/articles/en/article_7000_en.htm. BBC news. ProQuest, 2007. Web. 29 Oct. 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6602173.stm. GNU licences. Global Policy Forum., 2005. Web. 29 Oct. 2009. http://www.ask.com/bar?q=blood+diamond+in+liberia&page=1&qsrc=0&dm=all&ab=7&title=Liberia+Bans+Import+of+%27Blood+Diamonds%27&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.globalpolicy.org%2Fsecurity%2Fissues%2Fliberia%2F2001%2F0319ban.htm&sg=%2BOW40zCnObJ6QDCNy%2BP8eWz%2BIcMUQivaI3SiXG4QlT4%3D&tsp=1256844043762. Work Cited

  18. http://www.diamondsnews.com/images/liberia%20diamond%20mines.jpghttp://www.diamondsnews.com/images/liberia%20diamond%20mines.jpg • http://img4.allvoices.com/thumbs/event/480/385/34316566-blood-diamonds.jpg • http://www.europe.org.uk/files/651_blood_diamonds_2.jpg • http://diamonds.blogs.com/diamonds_update/images/liberiamap_1.jpg • http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/images/blooddiamonds.jpg • http://www.europe.org.uk/files/652_blood_diamonds_1.jpg • http://www.galleryatlantic.com/pics/userpics/File/blood%20diamonds.jpg • http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/african-diamond-trade-3.jpg • http://www.rnw.nl/data/files/imagecache/must_carry/images/lead/diamond-650.jpg • http://moproblems.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/rebel-group.jpg • http://www.regjeringen.no/upload/UD/Vedlegg/refleks/Cilliers_graf1.jpg • http://www.allaboutgemstones.com/images/conflict_diamonds_liberia_taylor.jpg • http://www.4to40.com/images/qa/Kimberley_Process.jpg • http://www.dejoria.co.uk/catalogue/html_content_images/conflictfree-1.jpg • un.org/articles/en/article_7000_en.htm • http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6602173.stm • http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40407000/jpg/_40407967_diamondminersap203b.jpg • http://www.whiteflash.com/diamonds_info/articlefiles/530-kimbcert.jpg • http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KeWBqsv8hR4/Se1RIA7EP5I/AAAAAAAAAI4/osu_8z6DOmQ/s400/blood+diamonds.jpg Picture Reference

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