Kimberley Process Essay

The Kimberley Process (KP) is an International certification scheme, created by the UN, aiming to stop the illicit trade of diamonds to fund conflicts. the KP defines the Kimberly Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) which is a strict set of guidelines to establish whether diamonds exported from a country can be considered legal. Regarding the CAR the KP has created an administrative decision in 2014 which decided for the KP’s working bodies to evaluate the volume of rough diamonds exported from CAR as well the situation regarding diamond production and trade within the country. It also requests members to stop all diamond trade with the CAR and inspect any incoming shipments of diamonds which may have originated there and to report all such

The mission’s goals include protecting civilians, supporting the transitional government, facilitating the delivery of humanitarian aid, and the Disarmament, Demobilization, Reintegration (DDR) and Repatriation (DDRR) of former combatants. The mission was initially authorized by Security Council resolution 2149 (2014), with 11,820 personnel. The authorization was renewed in 2015 with Security Council resolution 2212, being reinforced with an additional 1,000 personnel, for a total of 12,820. Currently, the MINUSCA force consists of 10,806 uniformed

It is difficult to pinpoint the exact cause of those failures, it is possible that they were caused by insufficient monitoring of the disarmament process. However, disarming the warring parties is a direct and effective way of stopping the hostilities and eventually leading to a stable and permanent peace agreement. For the disarmament to be effective it should be preceded by an agreement between the factions so that the least amount of resistance possible is encountered. It is also of utmost importance for the process to be monitored by an impartial party, which would most probably be the UN or the AU. This would ensure that both