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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8464

17 May 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/diamonds
EU welcomes green light for "Kimberly" programme on war diamonds

Brussels, 16/05/2003 (Agence Europe) - the European Union has welcomed the "green light" from the WTO to the certification programme for rough diamonds, implemented as part of the Kimberly process on "war diamonds". Commissioner Lamy sees in it a, "clear demonstration of coherency in international rules". With the exemption obtained at Geneva or ensuring compatibility with the Kimberly system, set up by governments, NGOs and the industrial world, "WTO rules are explicitly retract in front of...

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