“Promoting Revenue Transparency”

Friday, May 9, 9:00 am to 11:00 am
Best Western, Victoria Park Suites
377 O’Connor Street
Ottawa, Canada

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Other Facets , a periodic newsletter about the international effort to end diamond-related conflict.

In this issue:

• Taylor War Crimes Trial Begins: PAC’s Ian Smillie is First Witness
• Kimberley Process Annual Plenary: NGO Participation Increases – But Funding Problems Remain
• DDI Appoints Executive Director
• Venezuela Agrees to KP Visit
• Congolese Diamond Reforms Remain Elusive: Diamonds Earn Diggers $1 per Day
• Diamond Riches Contribute Little to Angolan Development: Management and Human Rights Problems Persist
• DDI Workshop in Sierra Leone: Standards & Guidelines an Important Step

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PAC urges the Canadian government to react positively to the Advisory Group Report from the National Roundtables on Corporate Social Responsibility and the Canadian Extractive Industry in Developing Countries.

See PAC's letter to the Prime Minister

Kimberley Process, Note for the Plenary, November 2007

There is growing evidence of a large volume of illicit rough diamonds finding their way around Kimberley Process controls. In the joint paper, Partnership Africa Canada and Global Witness describe the problem and make important recommendations for dealing with it.

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African civil society organizations held four workshops on the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) in May, June and July 2007.  The workshops, which were supported by Partnership Africa Canada, took place in Brazzaville, Kinshasa, Bamako and Conakry.  A fifth pan-African workshop, which was organized by the Economic Commission for Africa in collaboration with Partnership Africa Canada, was held in Douala.  See the workshop Declarations (in French only).

Angola is one of the world’s diamond powerhouses, blessed with both extensive alluvial deposits and hundreds of Kimberlite formations. This Annual Review of the Angolan Diamond Industry is the third produced by PAC and its partners. This report reviews Angola’s implementation of the Kimberley Process and takes a critical in-depth look at both the contribution of the diamond sector to government revenue, as well as the contribution of the diamond projects to development.

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Read the report in Portuguese...