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Scope of Kimberley Process should remain limited to disassociating conflict from rough diamond trade, WDC President tells KP Intersessional

JUNE  10, 2014 – Speaking this morning at the Intersessional Meeting of the Kimberley Process In Shanghai, Edward Asscher, President of the World Diamond Council, stressed that the mandate of the KP should remain focused on eliminating the trade in diamonds from areas of conflict. The following is the full text of Mr. Asscher’s address: …

SIPRI statement on the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize

On two occasions—after the convulsion in the international system caused by World War II and the upheaval caused by the end of the cold war—closer cooperation in the framework of what has become the EU was an unequivocal statement that Europe is committed to peace and security between its member states. The EU is based …