Two -thirds of the wars on the African continent over the past thirty years have been funded by the sale of diamonds and other minerals. The General Assembly adopted a resolution on the role of diamonds in inciting conflicts Peace and safety on Tuesday the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on the role of diamonds in conflict inciting. It refers to the need to break the connection between armed conflicts and the illegal trade of unprocessed diamonds. The document was adopted on the initiative of the United Arab Emirates, several countries acted by co -authors, including Armenia, Germany, Kazakhstan and Portugal. in the resolution, delegates of the General Assembly admitted that diamond trading in conflict zones remains a serious international problem that can play a direct role in inciting armed conflicts, the activities of rebel movements aimed at undermining or overthrowing legal governments, and illegal turnover weapons. 60 > representatives of countries also expressed concern in connection with the problems that the Cimberlian process is faced in the conditions of the ongoing geopolitical stress. 60 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62The Cimberlian process is a system within which diamonds are certified. It is named by the name of the city in South Africa, where the first international conference on the suppression of illegal trading in diamonds was held. ~ 60 > in accordance with this mechanism, from 2003, you can only sell and buy diamonds with the “Kimberli certificate” confirming their legal. origin. 62 ~ 60 > in the state resolution recognized that the certification scheme of the Cimberlian process “helps to ensure the effective implementation of the relevant resolutions of the Security Council, which provides for sanctions for trading diamonds from conflict zones and helps to prevent the prevention conflicts “. 62 ~~ 60 > they also called” to the further strengthening of the Cimberlian process to increase its effectiveness in overcoming the challenges arising before the diamond industry Russian position 60 ~ p >Speaking at the meeting, the deputy director of the Department of Economic Cooperation of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Alexander Repkin, criticized the approach of Western countries to regulate the diamond industry. According to him, instead of “considering the role of natural diamonds obtained by criminal diamonds in conflict inciting,” Western countries use conflicts to change the market structure in their favor. The creation of a “bottleneck”, said Repkin, in Antwerp negatively affects other shopping centers, and Russia, African, Asian and Middle Eastern countries incur losses. They, in turn, are looking for alternative models of cooperation. Despite the pressure from the West, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs continued, the Cimberlian process continues to effectively fulfill its role thanks to the support of most participants interested in preventing the illegal trading of diamonds. Repin announced the need to maintain the status of this mechanism as a key in the global diamond industry. ~ 60 > “for its part, they intend to fully contribute to the effective work of the Cimberlian process in 2025 and maintaining its status of a key multilateral mechanism for regulating the world diamond industry. We urge all constructive countries to combine efforts in the further fight against conflict diamonds, and Western countries to refrain from politicizing this concept for the sake of their interests, ”said Repkin. 60 ~ Strong > position The European Union ~ 60 > Representative of the European Union recalled that the EU invested about 10 million euros in project improvement in the diamond sector. She said that the EU is actively working on the reform of the Kimberlian process in order to adapt it to modern challenges, expanding the definition of “conflict diamonds” and making a certification scheme of more relevant. ~ 60 >~ 60 > EU representative also recalled the principle of state sovereignty, fixed in the charter, fixed in the charter The UN, and noted the influence of illegal trading of diamonds on the environment – a question that is planned to be considered in the future. ~ 60 > she also confirmed the readiness of the European Union with the UAE and other participants in the Cimberlian process, with an emphasis on solving modern problems and maintaining the stability of the diamond industry.