Conflict Diamonds 001

a working document by global witness. 10 may 2000 This working report has been produced by Global Witness. Partial funding for this report was kindly received from the UN department of the UK Foreign and Commenwealth Office (FCO), without which this report would not have been possible. The views expressed within are solely those of Global Witness. There are many individuals, companies and countries (too many to list) that kindly cooperated with the production of this report and we are grateful for their time, patience and genorsity without which the report could not have been produced. Global Witness is a British based non-governmental organisation which focuses on the links between environmental and human rights abuses, especially the impacts of natural resource exploitation upon countries and their people. Using pioneering investigative techniques Global Witness compiles information and evidence to be used in lobbying and to raise awareness. Global Witness' information is used to brief governments, intergovernmental organisations, NGOs and the media. Global Witness has no political affiliation.