{"id":8580,"date":"2022-06-14T08:19:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T08:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/sa-backs-botswanas-bid-to-host-kimberley-process-hq"},"modified":"2022-06-14T09:04:24","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T09:04:24","slug":"sa-backs-botswanas-bid-to-host-kimberley-process-hq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/sa-backs-botswanas-bid-to-host-kimberley-process-hq","title":{"rendered":"SA backs Botswana\u2019s bid to host Kimberley Process HQ"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Botswana. <\/strong><\/span>South Africa has thrown its weight behind Botswana\u2019s bid to host the Kimberley Process (KP) secretariat, an effort which, if successful, would place the country at the centre of maintaining the global diamond industry\u2019s image.<\/b>
\nAustria and China are also bidding to host the two-decade-old diamond group\u2019s secretariat and lobbying is intensifying ahead of a vote scheduled for one of the Kimberley Process\u2019 upcoming meetings. The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme is the world\u2019s leading organisation for combatting conflict diamonds, encompassing 85 countries that represent producers, markets, and other interest groups.<\/p>\n

President Mokgweetsi Masisi, in his recent international engagements, has met with other heads of state to lobby them for the secretariat, including senior French officials. The United States last November said it ‘commended’ Botswana for its willingness to host the secretariat.<\/p>\n

Recently, South African Mineral Resources and Energy minister, Gwede Mantashe said the country was backing Botswana as host for the secretariat.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe support Botswana as the KP secretariat and we think it\u2019s the correct decision,\u201d he said in Gaborone during a meeting with his local counterpart, Lefhoko Moagi. \u201cYou do not need to go on and motivate for that because we understand that we should support Botswana.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mantashe said Botswana\u2019s hosting of the KP\u2019s secretariat was important for Southern Africa and the continent in general.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are the biggest producer of diamonds in the world and therefore we need to play our role and take our space where it is necessary,\u201d he told BusinessWeek.<\/p>\n

For his part, Moagi said by hosting the secretariat, Botswana would highlight to the world the transformational benefits that occur when diamonds are used properly.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to host the secretariat to demonstrate that diamonds are for development,\u201d he said. \u201cTherefore, we need to be speaking with one voice to the whole world.\u201d<\/p>\n

In March, Masisi told Bloomberg in an interview in Nairobi that the country would push hard to host the KP secretariat, in order to have a better say in the reputational image of diamonds.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have the most to lose if diamonds are badly managed,\u201d he was quoted as saying. \u201cWe have used everything we\u2019ve got from diamonds for schools, for roads, for medicine, for developing our human resource.\u201d<\/p>\n

Botswana is chairing the Kimberley Process for this year and has prioritised the resuscitation of peer review visits to members. The visits were interrupted by the outbreak of COVID-19 two years ago. Already, Zimbabwe has volunteered to host a visit to review its compliance with KP standards.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Botswana. South Africa has thrown its weight behind Botswana\u2019s bid to host the Kimberley Process (KP) secretariat, an effort which, if successful, would place the country at the centre of maintaining the global diamond industry\u2019s image. Austria and China are also bidding to host the two-decade-old diamond group\u2019s secretariat and lobbying is intensifying […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":8579,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,8,16],"tags":[233,237,234],"class_list":["post-8580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","category-homepage-english","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-botswana","tag-botswana"],"yoast_head":"\nSA backs Botswana\u2019s bid to host Kimberley Process HQ - Botswana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"South Africa has thrown its weight behind Botswana\u2019s bid to host the Kimberley Process (KP) secretariat, an effort wh ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/sa-backs-botswanas-bid-to-host-kimberley-process-hq\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SA backs Botswana\u2019s bid to host Kimberley Process HQ\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"South Africa has thrown its weight behind Botswana\u2019s bid to host the Kimberley Process (KP) secretariat, an effort wh ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/sa-backs-botswanas-bid-to-host-kimberley-process-hq\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Botswana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-06-14T08:19:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-06-14T09:04:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/06\/postQueueImg_4-62a84f02e7c00.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"532\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/sa-backs-botswanas-bid-to-host-kimberley-process-hq#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/sa-backs-botswanas-bid-to-host-kimberley-process-hq\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"SA backs Botswana\u2019s bid to host Kimberley Process HQ\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-06-14T08:19:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-06-14T09:04:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/sa-backs-botswanas-bid-to-host-kimberley-process-hq\"},\"wordCount\":443,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/sa-backs-botswanas-bid-to-host-kimberley-process-hq#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/06\/postQueueImg_4-62a84f02e7c00.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Botswana\",\"Botswana\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"economy\",\"homepage-english\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/sa-backs-botswanas-bid-to-host-kimberley-process-hq#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/sa-backs-botswanas-bid-to-host-kimberley-process-hq\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/sa-backs-botswanas-bid-to-host-kimberley-process-hq\",\"name\":\"SA backs Botswana\u2019s bid to host Kimberley Process HQ - 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