For more information, please contact Corinna Gilfillan at Global Witness: +44 (0) 207 272 6731, or +44 (0) 7950049141 Ian Smillie at Partnership Africa Canada: 1 (613) 728-9725, or Susan Isaac at 1 (613) 237-6768 ActionAid - U.K. www.actionaid.org Amnesty International - Canada Amnesty International - London Fatal Transactions - Netherlands www.niza.nl/fataltransactions Global Witness - U.K. www.globalwitness.org Network Movement for Justice and Development - Sierra Leone One Sky -
Canadian Institute of Sustainable Living - Canada Oxfam International Partnership Africa Canada www.pacweb.org Physicians for Human Rights - U.S.A. World Vision U.S.A. Editor Notes: The KPCS, launched in January 2003, requires governments and the
diamond industry to implement import / export control regimes in rough
diamonds to prevent conflict
diamonds from fuelling war and human rights abuse.