02/01/2003 (Agence Europe) - European Commissioners Chris Patten and Pascal Lamy have hailed the adoption by the Council of the EU on 19 December, without debate, of the regulation on the implementation by the EU of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (launched on the initiative of African diamond producers to prevent the use of rough diamonds to finance armed conflict). Patten said it would "contribute to preventing the use of diamonds to finance bloody wars in Africa", while Lamy...