Filters By campaign All Anonymous companies Banks Climate breakdown Corporate accountability Corruption & money laundering Diamonds Digital threats Forests Forest transparency & IFM Forêts Fossil fuels Governments Greenwashing Land and environmental defenders Land Deals Oil, Gas & Mining Personas defensoras Pétrole, gaz et minerais Responsible Minerals Rubber in the Mekong Stop Russian oil Timber Trade Transition minerals By country All Afghanistan Angola Azerbaijan Brazil Cambodia Central African Republic China Congo-Brazzaville D.R. Congo Equatorial Guinea European Union Guinea Guyana Honduras Indonesia Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Laos Liberia Libya Madagascar Malaysia Myanmar Nicaragua Nigeria Papua New Guinea Peru Russia South Sudan Sudan The Philippines Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Zimbabwe | June 27, 2003 Diamonds Responsible Minerals Will the Diamond Industry Live up to Its Promises? In the lead up to a major diamond industry meeting next week, Global Witness is calling on key organizations within the diamond sector to live up to promises made to eradicate the trade in conflict diamonds. The conflict diamond issue will be taken up at the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) and the International Diamond Manufacturers Association (IDMA) biennial President’s Meeting to be held in Sun City, South Africa, from 29 June 2003 to 2 July 2003. | June 24, 2003 Responsible Minerals Open Statement - Global Witness welcomes the freezing of Liberian assets in Swiss banks; supports thorough investigation of all accounts linked to President Charles Taylor and his associates Global Witness welcomes the Swiss government's decision to provisionally block and investigate Swiss bank accounts linked to Liberian President Charles Taylor, his family, members of the Liberian government and various businesspeople with ties to the Liberia (1). The Special Court in Sierra Leone, which recently indicted President Taylor for war crimes (2), made the request to the Swiss government as part of its ongoing investigations into the atrocities committed during Sierra Leone's civil war. | June 20, 2003 Responsible Minerals Briefing Document: Recommendations and situational update presented to the UN Security Council With regard to the current situation in West Africa and the UN Security Council's upcoming mission to the region, Global Witness advises the Security Council to: · Enact sanctions on Liberian timber products as planned. · Assess the viability of a Liberian 'wood-for-food' programme. · Support the Liberian peace process, and consider authorising an international stabilisation force. · Encourage the international community to increase humanitarian aid to Liberia. | June 11, 2003 Diamonds Responsible Minerals Kimberley Process Undertakes First Review Mission To The Central African Republic The Kimberley Process will carry out its first official review mission from 8-14 June 2003 to determine whether the Central African Republic is taking effective actions to stop the trade in conflict diamonds - diamonds which are used to finance conflicts and civil wars. Global Witness, a member of the review mission, welcomes this action as an important step to ensure that the Central African Republic is meeting the requirements of the Kimberley Process. | May 30, 2003 Diamonds Responsible Minerals Strong Leadership by G8 Countries Needed to Stop Diamonds from Funding International Terrorism In the lead up to the Group of 8 (G8) Summit, Global Witness is calling on G8 governments to combat the financing of international terrorism by taking concrete steps to prevent al Qaeda and other terrorist entities from using diamonds to finance their activities. Tackling international terrorism is one of the four major themes to be focused on at the G8 Summit scheduled for 1-3 June 2003 in Evian, France. | May 7, 2003 Responsible Minerals Global Witness welcomes UN's new proposed ban on Liberian timber as a decisive act to bring peace to a war-torn region Global Witness welcomes the UN Security Council's decision to extend the current sanctions regime on Liberia for its threat to international peace and security, and applauds the inclusion of an embargo on Liberian timber(1). This decision will prohibit the Liberian government and rebel groups' access to logging industry resources, which are being used to fund violent conflict in Liberia and Cote d'Ivoire. | April 30, 2003 Diamonds Responsible Minerals Kimberley Process Still In Process JOHANNESBURG: Representatives of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) attending the First Plenary Meeting of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) welcomed international commitment to take additional effective steps to break the link between diamonds and human rights violations and conflict in Africa. However, governments failed to take action on an element critical to the credibility of the Scheme – the need for regular, independent monitoring of all participants, to ensure that the process is not subject to abuse. | April 25, 2003 Diamonds Responsible Minerals Conflict Diamond Process Faces Credibility Test: NGOs Call On Governments To Strengthen Efforts To Eliminate Conflict Diamonds A global coalition of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) is calling on governments participating in the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) to ensure that the scheme has credibility and helps stop the trade in conflict diamonds. NGOs are calling on governments to strengthen their efforts in the lead up to the Kimberley Process plenary scheduled for 28-30 April in Johannesburg, South Africa. The meeting will be the first since the KPCS came into force on 1 January 2003. | April 17, 2003 Diamonds Responsible Minerals For a Few Dollar$ More: How al Qaeda Moved into the Diamond Trade Global Witness today launches a detailed report into the links between the diamond trade and international terrorism. The report exposes how al Qaeda devised and carried out a ten-year strategic move into the unregulated diamond trade. It details how al Qaeda easily infiltrated diamond trading networks, by taking advantage of illicit trading structures, weak government and trade regulations. It also organised criminal networks and politically corrupt regimes to raise funds for al Qaeda operatives and to launder significant sums of money. | March 31, 2003 Responsible Minerals West African arms trafficking and mercenary activities supported by the Liberian government and logging companies A new Global Witness report launched today exposes the Liberian government’s violent destabilisation of West Africa, through its support of mercenaries in Cote d’Ivoire and Sierra Leone and through its regular import of weapons in violation of UN sanctions. The report, titled, ‘The Usual Suspects: Liberia’s Weapons and Mercenaries in Cote d’Ivoire and Sierra Leone’, outlines the threat posed by Liberia to international peace and security. Show Previous 10 Show Next 10