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Recalling also Security Council resolution 1459 (2003) of 28 January 2003, in
which the Council strongly supported the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme 1
as a valuable contribution against trafficking in conflict diamonds,
Welcoming the important contribution of the Kimberley Process, which was
initiated by African diamond-producing countries,
Acknowledging that lessons learned from the Kimberley Process are useful for
the work of the Peacebuilding Commission in its consideration of the countries
included in its agenda, as appropriate,
Noting with satisfaction that the implementation of the Kimberley Process
Certification Scheme continues to have a positive impact in reducing the
opportunity for conflict diamonds to play a role in fuelling armed conflict and
would help to protect legitimate trade and ensure the effective implementation of the
relevant resolutions on trade in conflict diamonds,
Recalling its resolutions 55/56 of 1 December 2000, 56/263 of 13 March 2002,
57/302 of 15 April 2003, 58/290 of 14 April 2004, 59/144 of 15 December 2004,
60/182 of 20 December 2005 and 61/28 of 4 December 2006, in which it called for
the development and implementation as well as a periodic review of proposals for a
simple, effective and pragmatic international certification scheme for rough
diamonds,
Welcoming, in this regard, the implementation of the Kimberley Process
Certification Scheme in such a way as not to impede the legitimate trade in
diamonds or impose an undue burden on Governments or industry, particularly
smaller producers, nor hinder the development of the diamond industry,
Welcoming also the decision of forty-eight Kimberley Process Participants,
representing seventy-four countries, including the twenty-seven members of the
European Union represented by the European Commission, to address the problem
of conflict diamonds by participating in the Process and implementing the
Kimberley Process Certification Scheme,
Welcoming further the desire of the Kimberley Process to systematize the
current rules and procedures and the subsequent development of new rules and
procedural norms regulating the activity of its working bodies, Participants and
observers,
Welcoming the successful consensual outcomes of the plenary meeting of the
Kimberley Process hosted by the European Commission in Brussels from 5 to
8 November 2007,
Welcoming also the important contributions made and that continue to be made
by civil society and the diamond industry, in particular the World Diamond Council
which represents all aspects of the diamond industry, to assist international efforts to
stop the trade in conflict diamonds,
Welcoming further the voluntary self-regulation initiatives for the diamond
industry announced by the World Diamond Council, and recognizing that a system
of such voluntary self-regulation contributes, as described in the Interlaken
Declaration of 5 November 2002 on the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme for
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See A/57/489.