What is a Conflict Free Diamond?

Conflict diamonds (also known as blood diamonds or war diamonds ) are diamonds that are mined in the war zone and sold to the market. According to the definition of the United Nations, conflict diamonds are defined as diamonds that are produced by internationally recognized and legally opposite governments. It is named after the high profits of selling diamonds that have been invested by opposing parties in anti-government or armed conflicts that run counter to the spirit of the Security Council. Generally speaking, these factions secretly fund the activities of thugs or raise funds for aggressive military forces to wage war. Including some non-governmental organizations claimed that the profit from conflict diamonds was the source of funds for participating in the September 11 attacks in 2001. In some cases, the United Nations has used the trade in conflict diamonds to finance legitimate government or inhumane acts and imposed sanctions on the export of conflict diamonds.

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Conflict diamonds (also known as blood diamonds or war diamonds ) are diamonds that are mined in the war zone and sold to the market. According to the definition of the United Nations, conflict diamonds are defined as diamonds that are produced by internationally recognized and legally opposite governments. It is named after the high profits of selling diamonds that have been invested by opposing parties in anti-government or armed conflicts that run counter to the spirit of the Security Council. Generally speaking, these factions secretly fund the activities of thugs or raise funds for aggressive military forces to wage war. Including some non-governmental organizations claim that the profit from conflict diamonds was the source of funding for participating in the September 11 attacks in 2001. In some cases, the United Nations has used the trade in conflict diamonds to finance legitimate government or inhumane acts and imposed sanctions on the export of conflict diamonds.

The evidence points to the fact that the Angola's "National League for the Total Independence of Angola" and the "Revolutionary Alliance Front" of the Sierra Leone rebels financed the diamond trade from the Libyan government.