blood diamonds

BLOOD DIAMOND -AN ANALYSIS

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S .NO HEADING PAGE NO

1 INTRODUCTION 3

2 ANALYSIS 3

3 CONCLUSION 7

4 WORKS CITED 8 1 . INTRODUCTION

Diamonds are formed from carbon buried under the earth under the massive pressure and due to enormous heat energy underground . They remain underground till a molten rock is erupted and this process is known as kimberlite which convey them closer to the earth 's plane and get cooled in constricted channels shaped like carrots . Diamond is regarded as a symbol

of love and it is a tradition to present a diamond engagement ring as a matter of right to women in Europe , America , China and Japan

Africa is regarded as an abode of Diamond as it is the major source of diamond as more than 60 of world output which worth more than 7 billion a year is emanating from Africa . Botswana , Namibia and South Africa generate a considerable amount of income by exporting rough diamonds . Sierra Leone is renowned for diamond mines and this was the chief reason for the civil war that is being waged since 1992 which devastated its economy and resulted in widespread starvation and poverty . Due to ongoing civil war that is mainly waged to take control of the diamond mines by the rebels who took control over many of the Sierra Leone diamond mines

2 . ANALYSIS

Blood diamonds are commonly referred to diamonds that are mined extracted and sold from specific regions of sub-Saharan Africa that are still devastated by fierce armed conflicts . It is to be observed that these civil wars and atrocious armed conflicts normally instigated by stubborn warlords , defected militias and rebel groups that relied on the illegitimate sale of blood diamonds in exchange for guns ,weapons , fuel and assorted war materials like land mines . Blood diamonds represent about 4 to 16 of the global annual diamond production amounting to 7 billion

African diamonds from conflict areas cause blood shed and hence it is nicknamed as Blood Diamonds . This has resulted in diamond war and fueled rivalry between various armed groups to take control of the diamond economy mainly to utilize the diamond proceeds for the purchase of weapons and food . Having realized the seriousness of the problem and to introduce a sea change in the method by which diamonds are sold , the U .N conceived the Kimberly process by aligning civil society , business and governments . Thus , the Kimberly process is aimed at to put an end to the chain between diamond trading and conflict by formulating a system to track , identify and certify diamonds along the entire link from extraction to export . The underlying idea is to warranty costumers that the stone they are buying is originating from non-conflict provinces . Thus , Kimberly process is advantageous as it avoids unnecessary bloodshed and assures the buyers about its true origin

The superfluity of armed conflicts , atrocious struggles and civil wars mainly waged to take control over financial incomes and areas of `blood diamonds ' have worsened...