DIAMOND TRADE (No. 2)

Early day motion 941, tabled 7 July 2000 by Jane Griffiths (Labour). Signed by 49 members.

That this House congratulates the Security Council of the United Nations on introducing a ban on the illicit import of rough diamonds from Sierre Leone; congratulates Foreign Office Ministers on their role in securing the ban; calls upon those involved in the diamond trade to work to ensure this ban is not flouted; and calls upon the United Nations to take swift action against any country found by the panel of experts formed by the Secretary-General to be trading in blood diamonds in contravention of the ban.

Signatures by party: Labour 41, Liberal Democrat 6, Labour/Co-operative 2.