{"id":49,"date":"2024-01-12T18:30:11","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T18:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ministryofminescm-gov.com\/?page_id=49"},"modified":"2024-01-12T18:32:52","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T18:32:52","slug":"kimberly-process","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ministryofminescm-gov.com\/index.php\/kimberly-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Kimberly Process"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The UN initiated, in January 2003,&nbsp;<em>the Kimberly Process (KP).&nbsp;<\/em>Since then, 76 countries, representing 99.8 % of the world production of rough diamonds, take part in the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is an international observatory whose objective is to contain the infiltration of blood diamonds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<em>Kimberly Process&nbsp;<\/em>is a veritable world network for preventing conflicts and fighting against rebellions, by exfiltrating blood diamonds. The&nbsp;<em>Kimberly Process&nbsp;<\/em>promotes supervised and legal diamond mining and trade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The purpose of the Kimberly Process is to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Improve the follow-up of the traceability of rough diamonds of mines to the National Permanent Secretary of the Kimberly Process.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Create a more transparent and better controlled diamond trade.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Increase public revenues and attract foreign currencies.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Kimberly Process translates government\u2019s strong political good-will and commitment to conform to the principles and requirements of&nbsp;<em>the Kimberly Process<\/em>, as well as to observe international rules as regards transparency in the extractive industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The situation of Cameroon is as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>41 alluvial diamond occurrences<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Significant alluvial diamond potential on the Batouri Yaounde Ebolowa cross-border line<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Estimate of the alluvial diamond-bearing potential: between 3 and 5 million carats<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>N.B: 5 carats = 1&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/minmidt-gov.net\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gramme\">gramme<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>2003: The Head of State signed the instrument whereby Cameroon adhered to the Kimberly Process<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>July 2007: The MINMIDT started a study with the technical expertise of the&nbsp;Bureau de Recherches G\u00e9ologiques et Mini\u00e8res (BRGM)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2<sup>nd<\/sup>&nbsp;November: Decree No. 2011\/3666\/PM of 2 November 2011 on the setting up, organization and operation of the certification system of the Kimberly Processin the Republic of Cameroon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3<sup>rd<\/sup>&nbsp;November 2011: the Plenary Assembly of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo requested Cameroon to complete its file<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>29 November: Decree No. 203\/PM of 29 November 2011 to appoint officials of the National Permanent Secretariat of the Kimberly Process.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Experts of the Diamond Valuation and Expertise Bureau) and minimum personal + headquarters available in the centre of Yaounde)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4 to 7 June: Washington DC., Cameroon is accepted as participating country during the intersessionmeeting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>9 to 11 July: visit to Cameroon (in Bertoua, KETTE, Mobilong, Yaounde) of the experts of the World Kimberly Process Committee<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>14 August: Official notification of Cameroon\u2019s admission as member of the Kimberly Process by Ambassador Guillian A MILOVANOVIC, President of the Kimberly Process<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>16 January: the mining company, C&amp;K Mining, officially received the very first Cameroon\u2019s Kimberly Certificate authorizing it to export diamonds, estimated at 600 carats.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/minmidt-gov.net\/images\/pk.jpg\" alt=\"pk\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>USEFUL FACTS ABOUT THE PROJECT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The stakes of the Kimberly Process are:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Improve the follow-up of the traceability of rough diamonds of mines to the National Permanent Secretary of the Kimberly Process.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Create a more transparent and better controlled diamond trade.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Increase public revenues and attract foreign currencies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The challenges of the Kimberly Process are:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Complete legalization of all artisan mining operations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Systematic and total recording of all transactions from mining to marketing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Various financial means and equipment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The prospects of the Kimberly Process are:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Victory over conflict diamonds and fraud diamonds.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Diamonds, a source of prosperity.\n<ul>\n<li>Diamonds contribute to sustainable development and peace.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UN initiated, in January 2003,&nbsp;the Kimberly Process (KP).&nbsp;Since then, 76 countries, representing 99.8 % of the world production of rough diamonds, take part in the process. It is an international observatory whose objective is to contain the infiltration of blood diamonds. The&nbsp;Kimberly Process&nbsp;is a veritable world network for preventing conflicts and fighting against rebellions, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ministryofminescm-gov.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ministryofminescm-gov.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ministryofminescm-gov.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ministryofminescm-gov.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ministryofminescm-gov.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ministryofminescm-gov.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62,"href":"https:\/\/ministryofminescm-gov.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49\/revisions\/62"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ministryofminescm-gov.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}