UN strengthens efforts against blood diamonds

Bloomberg.com reports that the UN is stepping up efforts to abolish trade in blood diamonds.

The story is quoted as saying:

“The trade in conflict diamonds continues to be a matter of serious international concern which can be directly linked to the fueling of armed conflict, the activities of rebel movements aimed at undermining or overthrowing legitimate governments and the illicit traffic in and proliferation of armaments, especially small arms and light weapons,” the resolution said.

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