A/RES/62/11
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
18 December 2007
Sixty-second session
Agenda item 13
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 26 November 2007
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/62/L.16 and Add.1)]
62/11. The role of diamonds in fuelling conflict: breaking the link
between the illicit transaction of rough diamonds and
armed conflict as a contribution to prevention and
settlement of conflicts
The General Assembly,
Recognizing that the trade in conflict diamonds continues to be a matter of
serious international concern, which can be directly linked to the fuelling 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,
Recognizing also the devastating impact of conflicts fuelled by the trade in
conflict diamonds on the peace, safety and security of people in affected countries,
and the systematic and gross human rights violations that have been perpetrated in
such conflicts,
Noting the negative impact of such conflicts on regional stability and the
obligations placed upon States by the Charter of the United Nations regarding the
maintenance of international peace and security,
Recognizing, therefore, that continued action to curb the trade in conflict
diamonds is imperative,
Recalling that the elimination of illicit diamonds from legitimate trade is the
primary objective of the Kimberley Process,
Bearing in mind the positive benefits of the legitimate diamond trade to
producing countries, and underlining the need for continued international action to
prevent the problem of conflict diamonds from negatively affecting the trade in
legitimate diamonds, which makes a critical contribution to the economies of many
of the producing, exporting and importing States, especially developing States,
Noting that the vast majority of rough diamonds produced in the world are
from legitimate sources,
Recalling the Charter and all the relevant resolutions of the Security Council
related to conflict diamonds, and determined to contribute to and support the
implementation of the measures provided for in those resolutions,
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