Expressing the sense of the Congress that the global diamond industry, as represented by the World Diamond Council, should provide transition development assistance to communities in Sierra Leone, Angola, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the illicit trade in conflict diamonds for arms fueled civil war, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Jun 26, 2003 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Progress
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- IntroducedJun 26, 2003
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
- Agreed to in SenateNot reached
Summary
Conflict Diamonds Resolution - Urges the global diamond industry, as represented by the World Diamond Council, to: (1) establish a fund that supports demobilization centers and rehabilitation training programs for excombatants in the civil wars in Sierra Leone, Angola, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, particularly child soldiers, provides health care treatment, education, training, and other needs of women and girls victimized in those wars by rape, forced domestic servitude, and other gender-related abuses, helps strengthen governmental and nongovernmental health care infrastructure to support HIV/AIDS programs in such countries, supports economic development and civil society-building programs in those countries, and supports diamond training in the latest technologies to African workers; (2) establish a program through which humanitarian assistance from the diamond industry can be made available to the amputees of, and others permanently disabled by, the civil wars in such countries; (3) continue deliberations with the United Nations, governments, charitable organizations, and nongovernmental organizations in the Kimberly Process to develop a diamond certification system for rough diamonds to stem the trade in conflict diamonds; and (4) support the activities of all reconciliation processes (including the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Sierra Leone) that will play a critical role in healing the wounds of war and promoting a lasting peace in Sierra Leone, Angola, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Urges the Secretary of State to assist the World Diamond Council in establishing and administering the fund, and to report to the appropriate congressional committees on progress made by the Council toward addressing the goals and objectives of this Act.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 26, 2003 to Sep 29, 2004, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Original | Jun 26, 2003 |
| D-CA | Tom Lantos | Original | Jun 26, 2003 |
| D-TX | Martin Frost | Jul 16, 2003 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Sep 29, 2004 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 26, 2003Introduced in House
- Jun 26, 2003Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Africa (Sub-Saharan)
- Agriculture and Food
- AIDS (Disease)
- Angola
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Building construction
- Business and social problems
- Charities
- Child health
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Civil War
- Clinics
- Commerce
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Counseling
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Diamonds
- Disabled
- Economic development
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Entrepreneurs
- Environmental Protection
- Families
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Foundations
- Health
- Health counseling
- Health education
- Human immunodeficiency viruses
- Human rights
- Import restrictions
- Infrastructure
- Infrastructure (Economics)
- International Affairs
- Jewelry trade
- Labor and Employment
- Loans
- Medical tests
- Nongovernmental organizations
- Occupational retraining
- Preventive medicine
- Psychotherapy
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Rape
- Refuse and refuse disposal
- School buildings
- Sewage treatment
- Sex crimes
- Sierra Leone
- Slavery
- Small business
- Social Welfare
- Terminal care
- Trade associations
- Trauma care
- United Nations
- Vocational and technical education
- War crimes
- War relief
- Warranties
- Water pollution control
- Water Resources Development
- Women
- Women's education
- Women's health
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