1.Cote D’Ivoire 2.Angola Democratic 3.Republic of the Congo
How have diamonds contributed to civil wars and unrest?
1. Rebels are smuggling diamonds and exchanging them for weapons. 2. Miners are crossing borders into Angola and mining illegally. 3. Diamond profits are being funneled toward rebel groups.
What attempts have been made to prevent bloodshed and violence?
1. The United Nations placed a ban on diamond exports. 2. The United Nations is monitoring human rights violations in relation to diamond mining. 3.The human rights organization Partnership Africa Canada is documenting ways that rebels are exploiting the diamond trade.
B. provides common industry definitions between Canada and the United States to measure economic activity and reduce barriers of trade for cross-border firms. Not is used by these two countries also Mexico is using it.
The idea behind of NAICS is make easier to trade between these 3 countries.