POL 1102 Lecture Notes - Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, Global Witness, World War I
27 Feb 2014
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3 questions to help the teacher on blackboard: Pol 1102 g - politics & globalization - mark salter - 16 feb. 26. Diamonds: tradition of giving a diamond ring was invented by the diamond company. Example of an invented tradition: just like coffee, ngos have beeing trying to combat the consumer part of the chain, canadian diamonds are called ice diamonds. They"re seen as better as the miners for these diamonds aren"t treated as harshly as most: source countries for diamonds: South africa, angola, west africa, drcongo: diamonds fuel and fund wars in africa. Not the reason for the wars, but enables them to occur. 25% of global production: 1998 un security council, 2000 un general assembly conflict diamonds . They defined diamonds as a commodity with a special label. The capability to label a commodity is a form of power. It is now illegal for many states to sell blood-diamonds: 2003 kimberly process, 2011 global witness withdrawal.
