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Here Is Why You Do Not Want A Blood Diamond
By Jon Arnold
Have you ever heard of a blood diamond? These are also known as conflict diamonds. It is not because they are reddish or pinkish in color and it is not because some kind of conflict occurred during the formation of the diamond from carbon. But you do NOT want one of these and this article will explain the reason behind that.
A blood diamond, also known as a conflict diamond, is a diamond that is mined in the very war-torn regions of Africa. The operational leaders of the diamond mining are militant rebels, who are forcing the people there to mine the diamonds for them in order to fund the conflict and the war effort.
In addition, there is a tremendous abuse of human rights that is occurring at the same time in this area. It is not just that the people being forced to mine the diamonds for these rebels are not treated well, they are abused with tremendous lack of respect for human rights. It has been reported that entire villages of people have either been murdered or enslaved en masse to become diamond miners for the rebels. And again, all proceeds from the mining and sale of these blood diamonds or conflict diamonds go towards funding the war.
These types of activities have been going on for a very long time, but as recently as in 2000, the entire situation has been brought to the attention of the United Nations General Assembly as an atrocity. In December of 2000, the United Nations, after various studies and reports of the activities here, recognized that the role of these diamonds is to fund the war in Africa. The United Nations General Assembly drafted a resolution, where the purpose of this resolution was to stem the tide of sales of these diamonds, and sever the link between these diamonds and the world diamond market and world diamond industry.
The primary purpose of this resolution was to make the international diamond community very aware of the situation with blood diamonds
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