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Kimberley Process: Certifying Conflict-Free Diamonds
The Kimberley Process is a certification scheme run jointly by governments, the diamond industry and civil society to stop conflict diamonds from entering the legal trade in rough stones. India holds its rotating chair for 2026 and, after a consultation with the scheme's working bodies in Luanda, Angola, on 3 November, is preparing to host the Plenary in New Delhi from 30 November.
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New card: the Kimberley Process scheme, India's 2026 chairship and its 3Cs theme, the Luanda consultation of 3 November, and the New Delhi Plenary due from 30 November.
- Kimberley Process
- KPCS
- conflict diamonds
- rough diamonds
- ADPA
- Department of Commerce
- diamond trade
- KP Plenary
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