A/RES/61/28. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2006

• Resolution Number: A/RES/61/28
• Year: 2006
• Session: 61st
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/61/28

General Assembly Distr.: General

12 February 2007

Sixty-first session

Agenda item 10

06-49611

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 4 December 2006

[without reference to a Main Committee (A/61/L.27 and Add.1)]

61/28. The role of diamonds in fuelling conflict: breaking the link

between the illicit transaction of rough diamonds and

armed conflict as a contribution to prevention and

settlement of conflicts

The General Assembly

,

Recognizing

that the trade in conflict diamonds continues to be a matter of

serious international concern, which can be directly linked to the fuelling of armed

conflict, the activities of rebel movements aimed at undermining or overthrowing

legitimate Governments and the illicit traffic in and proliferation of armaments,

especially small arms and light weapons,

Recognizing also

the devastating impact of conflicts fuelled by the trade in

conflict diamonds on the peace, safety and security of people in affected countries,

and the systematic and gross human rights violations that have been perpetrated in

such conflicts,

Noting

the negative impact of such conflicts on regional stability and the

obligations placed upon States by the Charter of the United Nations regarding the

maintenance of international peace and security,

Recognizing

, therefore, that continued action to curb the trade in conflict

diamonds is imperative,

Recalling

that the elimination of illicit diamonds from legitimate trade is the

primary objective of the Kimberley Process,

Bearing in mind

the positive benefits of the legitimate diamond trade to

producing countries, and underlining the need for continued international action to

prevent the problem of conflict diamonds from negatively affecting the trade in

legitimate diamonds, which makes a critical contribution to the economies of many

of the producing, exporting and importing States, especially developing States,

Noting

that the vast majority of rough diamonds produced in the world are

from legitimate sources,

Recalling

the Charter and all the relevant resolutions of the Security Council

related to conflict diamonds, and determined to contribute to and support the

implementation of the measures provided for in those resolutions,