Examples of using Kimberley process in English and their translations into Czech
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He was arrested for providing information on the Kimberley Process.
Back in 2008, signs of serious breaches of the Kimberley Process rules in the Marange diamond fields in Zimbabwe had already been detected.
Ultimately, then, we are also dealing with the Kimberley Process itself.
On behalf of the ECR Group.- Mr President,the EU supports the Kimberley Process, which aims to eliminate African conflict diamonds- or so-called blood diamonds- from the global market.
Zimbabwe should therefore be refused readmission to the Kimberley Process.
We could go back to processes, such as the Kimberley process, which was introduced for diamonds.
I agree with the previous speaker that we also need to enshrine the protection of human rights in the Kimberley Process.
Zimbabwe is violating the standards stipulated by the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme for selling rough diamonds.
We have also called on Zimbabwe to reaffirm its commitment to the role of civil society in the Kimberley Process.
The consistent and precise application of monitoring mechanisms such as the Kimberley process is absolutely fundamental to this basic issue.
PT The case of Farai Maguwu illustrates the brutal repression in Zimbabwe andalso the need to extend the scope of the Kimberley Process.
The government of Zimbabwe voluntarily joined the Kimberley Process; we must insist that the obligations that this entails be fulfilled.
Secondly, we are dealing with the strange role that the monitor of the Kimberley Process has played.
Zimbabwe is a full member of the Kimberley Process, the informal body that governs the global trade in rough diamonds and which so far has taken little action to stop such abuses.
I support dialogue with Zimbabwe by the European Commission on condition that Mr Maguwu be released and the Kimberley Process addressed by the Zimbabwean authorities.
The Chairman of the Kimberley Process, Mr Mathieu Yamba from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has decided unilaterally, and without consultation, to allow the marketing of diamonds from Zimbabwe's Marange mine.
Zimbabwe's citizens have the right to be informed,which means that the authorities must fulfil the commitments they have made voluntarily as part of the Kimberley Process.
As you are aware, the role of civil society organisations is essential, not only to ensure the success of the Kimberley Process, but also to safeguard democracy in Zimbabwe in general.
That has been a very strong message conveyed today in this Chamber- all the more so if we recognise that respect for human rights is a principle that underlies the very aim of the Kimberley Process.
Furthermore, Zimbabwe must scrupulously adhere to the commitments it made on diamond production in the context of the Kimberley Process, so as to escape the vicious circle of financing armed conflict.
This is why it is so surprising that Mr Chikane tabled a positive report concluding that mining at the site meets the requirements laid down by the Kimberley Process.
I therefore urge the European Union,as a party to the Kimberley Process, to raise this scandal at the highest level and insist on the restoration of consensus-based decision making in the Kimberley Process.
I am happy that this Parliament is united in asking for his immediate release, butI am concerned that his arrest could be a setback to the results of the Tel Aviv meeting and to the Kimberley Process.
It is for these reasons that the EU has called on Zimbabwe to maintain a firm commitment to the Kimberley Process and the joint work plan, so that Marangwe diamonds can, at some point, in due course contribute to Zimbabwe's economic development.
The Commission also promotes the transparent management of tax revenues generated by the exploitation of raw materials andnatural resources through several initiatives such as EITI, the Kimberley Process and the FLEGT programme.
However, during the meeting on the Kimberley Process held on 20-21 June in Tel Aviv, the participants were unable to reach an agreement on the following question: should human rights not be integrated into the Kimberley Process too?
Instead of making demands and just complaining, we ought to act in a consistent manner and support the other states and impose sanctions in order to put Zimbabwe under pressure,even to the extent of excluding it from the Kimberley Process.
It is our goal that the participants of the Kimberley Process and Zimbabwe will intensify their efforts in order to forge consensus on this difficult issue, in the spirit of dialogue and cooperation that has always presided over this process. .
At the end of the day, anyone who today arrests activists like Mr Maguwu, threatens them with imprisonment and with torture and also threatens their families,does not meet the criteria that also need to be met in the Kimberley Process.
DE Madam President,ladies and gentlemen, the Kimberley Process is an initiative set up by representatives of governments, the diamond industry and civil society in order to finally put a stop to the international trade in so-called blood diamonds.