{"id":7786,"date":"2012-02-09T01:49:01","date_gmt":"2012-02-08T23:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/02\/u-s-dampens-hopes-of-swift-blood-diamonds-overhaul\/"},"modified":"2012-02-09T01:49:01","modified_gmt":"2012-02-08T23:49:01","slug":"u-s-dampens-hopes-of-swift-blood-diamonds-overhaul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/u-s-dampens-hopes-of-swift-blood-diamonds-overhaul\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. dampens hopes of swift blood diamonds overhaul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Wendell Roelf<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">CAPE TOWN<\/span> Feb 8 (Reuters) &#8211; A review of a global<br \/>\nscheme to monitor blood diamonds could bring changes to the<br \/>\nKimberley Process, under fire over its damaging loopholes, but<br \/>\nthe United States on Tuesday dampened hopes of a swift and<br \/>\ncomprehensive overhaul.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the sidelines of a major industry gathering in<br \/>\nSouth Africa, Gillian Milovanovic, the U.S. diplomat appointed<br \/>\nlast month to chair the process for 2012, said a committee led<br \/>\nby Botswana was carrying out the review, but would not present<br \/>\nresults until November.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The greatest challenge is to get agreement on what changes<br \/>\nhave taken place and what kind of an evolution this suggests for<br \/>\nthe organization,&#8221; Milovanovic said, in one of her first public<br \/>\nappearances since the United States took the rotating<br \/>\nchairmanship this year.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is important that the process continues to be relevant<br \/>\nand I think that requires a certain amount of revision and<br \/>\nreform,&#8221; she told reporters.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>But she dashed some campaigners&#8217; hopes that the U.S. arrival<br \/>\nas chair of the process at the start of 2012, a year short of<br \/>\nits 10-year anniversary, would mark rapid change.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The organization, it is no secret, had two years of<br \/>\nextremely painful discussions and I think that now everyone is<br \/>\nfeeling a sense that its time to refocus on the process itself<br \/>\nand on more than one country,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Milovanovic said the process, under the U.S. presidency,<br \/>\nwould not review the decision to allow Zimbabwean diamonds from<br \/>\nMarange, one of the biggest diamond finds in decades, onto world<br \/>\nmarkets.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Kimberley Process was set up in January 2003, aimed at<br \/>\ncutting off &#8220;blood diamond&#8221; financing for rebel groups fighting<br \/>\na U.N.-recognised government.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN Feb 8 (Reuters) &#8211; A review of a global scheme to monitor blood diamonds could bring changes to the Kimberley Process, under fire over its damaging loopholes, but the United States on Tuesday dampened hopes of a swift and comprehensive overhaul. 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