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| June 23, 2011
- 钻石
Civil society expresses vote of no confidence in conflict diamond scheme

Activist organisations today expressed a vote of no confidence in the Kimberley Process, and walked out of the scheme’s meeting in Kinshasa, in protest at its failure to address human rights abuses associated with the diamond trade.
| June 22, 2011
FSA reveals British banks are failing to turn down corrupt funds

Global Witness welcomes today’s recognition by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) that the majority of Britain’s banks are failing to do enough to identify corrupt money from abroad and that it is ‘likely that some banks are handling the proceeds of corruption’.
| June 22, 2011
- 几内亚
Barclays account used by Dictator’s son to buy €18m of artwork with suspect funds

An account at Barclays bank was used by Teodorin Obiang, the son of the dictator of Equatorial Guinea, to buy €18m (£16m at current rates) of art from the estate of the late Yves Saint Laurent. Teodorin earns a salary of $6,799 (£4,200, €4,800) a month as a minister in his father’s government, yet lives a playboy life, owning fast cars, private jets and expensive real estate. The Barclays account was in the name of his forestry company, Somagui Forestal and the French anti-money laundering authority, Tracfin, suspects the funds could have been illicitly earned.
| June 10, 2011
- 森林
- 秘鲁
- 利比里亚
- 加纳
Annual Transparency Report 2010: Global Witness releases second annual report on forest transparency

Report shows improvements in governments’ willingness to engage with civil society but sounds a warning that access to information on forest management remains hugely insufficient.
| June 10, 2011
- 森林
- 喀麦隆
- 加纳
- 利比里亚
Placer les populations au centre de la législation du secteur forestier - Global Witness publie le second rapport annuel sur la transparence

Global Witness publie aujourd’hui la seconde phase de son étude comparative, unique en son genre, sur la transparence dans le secteur forestier de quatre pays en développement. Le rapport relate des progrès dans la volonté des gouvernements de chaque pays d’engager la société civile dans les processus de décision, mais attire également l’attention de la communauté internationale sur le fait que l’accès à l’information sur la gestion des forêts reste grandement insuffisant.
| June 8, 2011
Global coalition launches call for more transparent aid

A coalition of more than forty civil society groups from twenty countries around the world today launched a campaign Make Aid Transparent, which calls on governments and other aid donors to publish more and better information about the money they give. At the centre of the campaign, whose members include Oxfam International, Transparency International, One, Global Witness and eighteen groups from developing countries, is a petition aimed at donor governments to make their aid more transparent.
| June 3, 2011
- 石油、天然气与矿产
- 刚果（金）
Global Witness welcomes DR Congo’s decision to publish resource contracts

A decree published this week by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) commits the government to disclose all natural resource contracts within 60 days of their coming into effect. The decision is a welcome move which could help reduce corruption in the country if fully implemented, Global Witness said today. Signed on May 20, the decree covers contracts in the oil, mining and forestry sectors that involve the Congolese state.
| June 3, 2011
- 石油、天然气与矿产
- 刚果（金）
Global Witness salue la décision de la RD Congo de publier les contrats relatifs aux ressources

Un décret publié cette semaine par la République démocratique du Congo (RDC) engage le gouvernement à divulguer l’intégralité des contrats ayant pour objet les ressources naturelles dans les 60 jours qui suivent la date de leur entrée en vigueur. Cette décision constitue une initiative positive qui pourrait contribuer à réduire la corruption dans le pays si elle est pleinement appliquée, a déclaré Global Witness aujourd’hui. Signé le 20 mai, le décret couvre les contrats conclus dans les secteurs pétrolier, minier et forestier qui impliquent l’État congolais.
| May 27, 2011
- 石油、天然气与矿产
G8 endorses new transparency laws for oil, gas and mining companies

The G8 has today announced its commitment to introduce new transparency laws that would require oil, gas and mining companies to disclose the payments they make to governments. Such measures would help eradicate the corruption that blights many mineral rich states and lift millions of people in the developing world out of poverty.
| May 27, 2011
- 冲突矿产
- 刚果（金）
Les industries de l’électronique et de l’automobile doivent mettre en œuvre la diligence raisonnable pour arrêter le commerce des minerais du conflit

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