"As a result of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, diamonds are among the most monitored and audited of any natural resource in the world. This system has proven to be an essential and effective tool in combating the scourge of conflict diamonds."
--Eli Izhakoff, Chairman World Diamond Council
![Diamond prospectors sift through the earth in the Corbert mine in Waiima, Sierra Leone. [© AP Images]](https://cybercemetery.unt.edu/archive/oilspill/20121010183004im_/http://www.state.gov/cms_images/conflict_diamonds1_250.jpg) Diamond prospectors in Waiima, Sierra Leone. ©AP Images |
The Kimberley Process was launched in 2003 to control and monitor the trade in rough diamonds. In just three years, the international community has made remarkable strides to certify the $30 billion annual international rough diamond trade by creating a documentary record of rough diamonds from mine to polishing. Rough diamonds must be shipped in sealed containers and exported with a Kimberley Process Certificate which certifies that the diamonds are conflict free.
The State Department coordinates U.S. Government interagency implementation of the Clean Diamond Trade Act of 2003.
For further information, contact the U.S. State Department's Special Advisor for Conflict Diamonds Brad Brooks-Rubin at 202-647-2856.
To obtain a Kimberley Process Certificate, contact the U.S. Kimberley Process Authority's General Counsel Cecilia Gardner 212-997-2002
FAQs on the Kimberly Process and how to obtain a certificate.
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