Social and Ethical Issues Archive

2001 News Headlines

• 12/17/01 - JA Urges Jewelers to Call Senate on Clean Diamonds Act
• 11/29/01 - House Passes Conflict Diamond Bill; Kimberley Process Reaches Agreement
• 11/09/01 - JA Releases Talking Points on Conflict Diamond-Al Qaeda Connection
• 11/06/01 - De Beers, Tony Hall Address Al Qaeda Links to Diamonds
• 11/02/01 - Sales of Sierra Leone Diamonds Directly Linked to Al Qaeda Network
• 10/18/01 - Time Extension for U.N. Office in Angola
• 10/16/01 - Conflict Diamonds Continue to Leave Angola
• 10/11/01 - Industry Representatives Urge Congress to Pass Conflict Diamond Bill
• 10/01/01 - Kimberley Process Inches Forward
• 09/26/01 - Sierra Leone Disarmament Slows
• 09/10/01 - African Peace Negotiations Make Progress
• 08/20/01 - Disarmament and Conflicts Continue in Africa
• 08/15/01 - JVC and JA Ask Members to Take Action on Conflict Diamonds
• 08/08/01 - Companion Conflict Diamond Bill Introduced in the House
• 07/20/01 - JA Urges Jewelers to Support New Legislation
• 07/18/01 - Diamond Mining Banned in Eastern Sierra Leone
• 07/17/01 - Sierra Leone Rebels Resume Disarmament
• 07/06/01 - Moscow Meeting Yields Agreement on Certification System
• 07/02/01 - "Dateline" Looks at Conflict Diamonds
• 06/29/01 - European Union Working to Block Conflict Diamonds
• 06/22/01 - Industry, Human Rights Groups, Congress Unite on Conflict Bill
• 06/20/01 - Conflict Diamond Breakthrough
• 06/20/01 - National Press Club to Discuss Conflict Diamonds
• 06/13/01 - Sierra Leone Rebels Continue to Disarm
• 06/12/01 - JVC Says FTC Will Monitor Conflict-Free Claims in Ads
• 06/05/01 - Another Exposé on Conflict Diamonds Expected; Industry and Hall Discussing Compromise
• 05/31/01 - Conflict and Consumer Marketing Dominate Diamond News at JCK Show
• 05/25/01 - Senators to Introduce Another Conflict Diamond Bill
• 05/24/01 - Bush Bans Liberian Diamond Imports
• 05/14/01 - WDC to Hold Session at JCK Las Vegas
• 05/07/01 - U.N. Enforces Diamond Ban on Liberia
• 05/01/01 - Human Rights Groups Criticize Kimberley Process
• 04/27/01 - Sen. Gregg Introduces Conflict Diamonds Bill; JA's Runci Asks Jewelers to Support It
• 04/24/01 - U.N. to Trace Cash Used by Angolan Rebels
• 04/17/01 - Diamonds Still Fueling Conflicts in Angola and Congo
• 04/11/01 - Human Rights Groups and JA Clash Over Support of Conflict Diamond Legislation
• 04/06/01 - Peace Efforts Aimed at Sierra Leone
• 03/22/01 - More Hostility Develops in Conflict Diamond Crisis
• 03/21/01 - Sponsorship of WDC Conflict Bill Close
• 03/19/01 - Hall Says Diamond Industry Reneged on Conflict Promises
• 03/09/01 - Hall Formally Introduces Clean Diamonds Act
• 03/08/01 - U.N. Will Impose Sanctions on Liberia by May 7
• 02/28/01 - Retailers Visit Congressional Offices with Anti-Conflict Diamond Message
• 02/27/01 - U.S. Government Supports Jewelers On Conflict Issue
• 02/23/01 - UNITA Rebels Attack Diamond Workers
• 02/19/01 - African Diamond Producing Nations Criticize Tactics of Human Rights Groups
• 02/15/01 - Human Rights Groups Announce Consumer Campaign Against Conflict Diamonds
• 02/15/01 - Rep. Tony Hall Introduces Clean Diamond Act
• 01/26/01 - Liberia and Gambia Deny Helping Rebels
• 01/18/01 - WDC Sets Sept. 1 Deadline For Conflict Diamond Controls
• 01/12/01 - Conflict Diamond Trade Considered National Security Problem
• 01/09/01 - U.S. Proposes Liberian Diamond Embargo
• 01/08/01 - World Diamond Council Makes Progress on Conflict Diamond Issue
• 01/02/01 - Angola's Deadly Exchange Continues

2000 News Headlines

• 12/21/00 - U.N. Experts Advocate Stricter Barriers for Conflict Diamonds
• 12/15/00 - Angolan Rebels Recapture Diamond Center
• 12/07/00 - World Diamond Council Praises U.N. Resolution
• 12/04/00 - U.N. Endorses Conflict Diamond Plan
• 11/30/00 - U.N. to Consider Certification System; More Protests Planned
• 11/20/00 - Global Witness Pushes for a Conflict Diamond Treaty
• 11/16/00 - Conflict Diamond Develpments Continue
• 11/02/00 - Conflict Diamond Bill Compromise Proposed
• 11/01/00 - Dealers Continue To Buy Conflict Diamonds
• 10/27/00 - Governments Discuss Conflict Diamonds
• 10/24/00 - Survey Finds Consumers Unaware of Conflict Diamonds
• 10/17/00 - WDC Hires Law Firm To Draft Conflict Diamond Legislation
• 10/16/00 - Sierra Leone Begins Certificate Program
• 10/13/00 - ABC's Primetime Presents Imbalanced Report on Conflict Diamonds
• 10/12/00 - WDC Says Congressional Bill Premature
• 10/09/00 - NYC Rally Calls Attention to Conflict Diamonds
• 09/22/00 - Conference Calls for World Treaty on Conflict Diamonds
• 09/20/00 - African Officials Meet To Discuss Conflict Diamonds
• 09/15/00 - Deadline on Conflict Diamonds
• 09/14/00 - Boyajian Appears Before House
• 09/13/00 - WDC Calls for Action Against Conflict Diamond Trade
• 08/19/00 - Guinea Joins Conflict Diamond Fight
• 08/14/00 - U.N. Approves Sierra Leone's Diamond Certification Plan
• 08/14/00 - Swiss Question Origin of Liberia Diamond Exports
• 08/02/00 - African Countries Propose Strategies To Regulate Diamond Exports
• 07/19/00 - Conflict Diamonds: A Resolution
• 07/18/00 - From Conflict Diamonds to Profit Diamonds
• 07/13/00 - France Proposes U.N. Panel on Diamond Bans
• 07/13/00 - U.S. Takes First Step to Enforce U.N. Diamond Embargo
• 07/06/00 - U.N. Bans Export of Sierra Leone Diamonds
• 07/05/00 - Conflict Diamonds in Newsweek
• 06/30/00 - U.N. Closer to Resolution on Sierra Leone
• 06/27/00 - Antwerp Fights Conflict Diamonds
• 06/22/00 - Canada Could Capitalize on Conflict
• 06/21/00 - JA and Global Witness Focus on Conflict Diamonds
• 06/14/00 - De Beers Proposes Industry Action on Conflict Diamonds
• 06/13/00 - Movement Against Conflict Diamonds Strengthening
• 06/08/00 - Sierra Leone Welcomes Possible Export Ban, But Diamond Dealers Skeptical
• 06/01/00 - Conflict Diamonds Panel Convenes at JCK Show
• 05/23/00 - DDC Takes Stand on Conflict Diamonds
• 05/11/00 - Sierra Leone's Diamonds Make News Again
• 04/28/00 - UN Gives Sanction Violators Chance to Improve
• 04/18/00 - Angola Suspends Diamond Contracts
• 04/12/00 - Angola, Belgium To Combat Gem Trafficking
• 03/24/00 - "Conflict" Diamond Dealers Face Sanctions
• 03/15/00 - Africans Deny U.N. Allegations
• 03/09/00 - Rebel Mine Collapses in Sierra Leone
• 02/29/00 - De Beers Guarantees the Source of its Rough Diamonds
• 01/24/00 - Source Confirms UNITA Diamond Sales

Other News Headlines

• 12/14/99 - Congressmen Demand Diamond Boycott
• 12/08/99 - Diamonds Roughed Up in Time
• 11/23/99 - Industry Discusses Angola in Washington
• 11/12/99 - Press Picks Up "Dirty Diamonds" Story
• 11/11/99 - Oppenheimer Comments on Angolan Diamond Embargo
• 10/08/99 - De Beers Won't Buy Diamonds from Angola
• 07/08/99 - Officials Demand Certificates for Angolan Diamonds
• 12/14/98 - UNITA Violates Embargo To Sell Diamonds