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To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, March 15, 2000 2:16 PM
Subject: ACTION: CARAT Act could help stop African wars
Dear ADNA members,
Following find background information and action suggestions from
the Africa Faith and Justice Network regarding H.R. 3188
nicknamed the CARAT Act and dealing with the blackmarket sale of
diamonds to fund rebel groups in Sierra Leone, Angola, and Dem.
Rep. of Congo among others. For further information, contact
Ezekiel Pajibo at AFJN - [log in to unmask]
Regards,
Vicki Ferguson
ADNA Communications Facilitator
From: "ezekiel pajibo" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Action For Sierra Leone, Democratic Republic of Congo,
Angola et all
Date sent: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 15:45:43 -0500
Dear ADNA Members,
Just in case you missed this at the end of last year... Congressman
Tony Hall (D OH) on November 1, 1999 introduced H.R. 3188
"Consumer Access to a Responsible Accounting of Trade Act of
2000". The bill seeks to "provide for the disclosure of gem-quality
diamonds and gem-quality diamond products imported into and sold
in the United States." According to the bill "more than half of the
world's gem-quality diamonds are imported by the United States...
... consumers increasingly want to know the country in which gem-
quality diamonds are mined in order to avoid purchases from
countries in which war or human rights abuses are funded through
the sales of these diamonds and other resources."
Clearly the wars in Angola and the Demorcratic Republic of the
Congo are funded through such sales. The wars in Sierra Leone
and Liberia were funded largely through similar means. It is clear to
all that some of the wars currently being fought in Africa have
nothing to do with freedom or human dignity but more to do with
profiteering by those with arms.
In order to take away the profit motives of these wars, this bill
deserves our support. Please write your Congress person and urge
him/her to co-sponsor or support H.R. 3188 introduced by
Representative Tony Hall of Ohio.
You can address your letter to your Representative and mail it to:
U.S. House of Representatives; Washington, D.C. 20515. For more
information on the bill and how to get you letter to your elected
representatives visit: http://thomas.loc.gov. If you have any
question please feel free to contact me at <:[log in to unmask]> or
telephone 202 832 3412.
ezekiel pajibo
Facilitator
Africa Advocacy Network
&Policy Analyst
Africa Faith and Justice Network.
ezekiel pajibo
phone 202/832-3412 fax 202/832-9051 http://afjn.cua.edu
3035 Fourth St., NE Washington, DC 20017
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Message reposted by request of Africa Faith and Justice Network to
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