Early Day Motion·EDM 941
DIAMOND TRADE (No. 2)
7 July 200049 Signatures
Motion Text
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.