DIAMOND TRADE (No. 2)

Summary

That this House congratulates the Security Council of the United Nations on introducing a ban on the illicit import of rough diamonds from Sierre Leone; congratulates Foreign Office Ministers on their role in securing the ban; calls upon those involved in the diamond trade to work to ensure this ban is not flouted; and calls upon the United Nations to take swift action against any country found by the panel of experts formed by the Secretary-General to be trading in blood diamonds in contravention of the ban.

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1. 7 July 2000

   Early Day Motion

   That this House congratulates the Security Council of the United Nations on introducing a ban on the illicit import of rough diamonds from Sierre Leone; congratulates Foreign Office Ministers on their role in securing the ban; calls upon those involved in the diamond trade to work to ensure this ban is not flouted; and calls upon the United Nations to take swift action against any country found by the panel of experts formed by the Secretary-General to be trading in blood diamonds in contravention of the ban.

   Source: Early Day Motion

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• Jane Griffiths · Labour · Primary sponsor

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