{"id":4804,"date":"2021-08-20T15:21:39","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T15:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/?p=4804"},"modified":"2021-08-20T13:55:33","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T13:55:33","slug":"kimberley-process-mozambique-may-be-admitted-in-november-noticias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/kimberley-process-mozambique-may-be-admitted-in-november-noticias","title":{"rendered":"Kimberley Process: Mozambique may be admitted in November"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\">Mozambique<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Mozambique hopes to be admitted to the Kimberley Process \u2013 a worldwide mechanism governing the legal sale of diamonds \u2013 in a plenary session in Russia in November.<\/p>\n<p>As part of this process, a second international assessment mission is expected in Maputo next month, to assess Mozambique\u2019s efforts towards admission to the process.<\/p>\n<p>The World Diamond Council\u2019s first mission, in 2016, two years after Mozambique\u2019s initial application, concluded that the country did not meet the minimum requirements for admission to the process, issuing several recommendations.<\/p>\n<p>At a meeting held in June this year, Mozambique claimed progress in fulfilling the 2016 mission recommendations, which led members to decide to send another mission in September.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to \u2018Not\u00edcias\u2019, the executive secretary of the Kimberley Process Management Unit (UGPK), Castro Elias, expressed hope as to Mozambique\u2019s admission to the mechanism, pointing out that, in addition to an executive secretariat, Mozambique has also created a National Kimberley Process Council and approved the Kimberley Process Certificate.<\/p>\n<p>Elias also noted that Mozambique has created technical teams, training technicians in the evaluation of diamonds, and built warehousing with all the necessary safety equipment, through which exports will be made.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese were the recommendations left by the international mission that visited Mozambique, comprising representatives of the European Community, countries in the region led by South Africa, and others from the World Diamond Council,\u201d Elias said.<\/p>\n<p>Having complied with the recommendations, he said, Mozambique sent the letter to the Kimberley Process, which culminated in an invitation to the intercession meeting held in June, at which Mozambique\u2019s Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Max Tonela, presented the above-mentioned progress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause the response to the presentation was positive, the commission promised to send a second evaluation mission in the second week of September, to come and see what Mozambique says it has done with a view to the country\u2019s admission during the November plenary session,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>The UGPK executive secretary maintains that Mozambique\u2019s admission to the Kimberley Process will bring great benefits, including the entry of companies interested in prospecting and mining for diamonds, providing Mozambicans with jobs and state revenue, as well as increasing exports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Mozambique. 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