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Centre Aequatoria
DR Congo, Bamanya
Centre de Recherches Culturelles Africanistes, a research center, library, and collection of archives, annex guesthouse, specialized in the languages, cultures, and the (pre-colonial and colonial) history of sub-Saharan Africa, with special emphasis on the peoples of the central Congo basin. It also produces a yearly africanist periodical, called 'Annales Aequatoria'. Located on the premises of the Catholic mission station of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (Missionnaires du Sacré-Coeur, MSC) at Bamanya, a village some 10 kms out of Mbandaka, the capital city of the Equateur Province in the Congo. Includes full-text documents and photo's.
http://www.aequatoria.be/
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Coalition against BAYER-Dangers
Düsseldorf, Duitsland: CBG
This German action group on corporate responsibility, targeting particularly the German based multinational BAYER, accused of importing coltan from the DRC
http://www.cbgnetwork.de/
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Conflict prevention: diamonds and armed conflict
Toronto, Canada: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Canada is committed to working with others in the international community to break the link between diamonds and armed conflict. At the UN, particularly during its recent term on the Security Council (1999-2000), Canada provided leadership in supporting resolutions on Angola and Sierra Leone targeted at this problem.
Includes statements and communiques of the Kimberley Process
http://www.humansecurity.gc.ca/conflictprev_diamonds-e.asp
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Congo-DR startpagina
Nederland
Startpagina met links naar internetsites over de DRC. Onderhouden door R. Neeteson.
http://congo-dr.pagina.nl/
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Diamond industry: internet links
London: Business and Human Rights
Business and Human Rights: a resource website, maintained by human rights lawyer Christopher L. Avery. Includes documents, news and links
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Site/Categories/Sectors/Natur...
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Diamonds in conflict
New York: Global Policy Forum
Excellent website page exploring the debates and opinions from the UN, NGOs, the diamond industry, governments, and other parties involved.
http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/diamond
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Economics of civil wars, crime and violence
Washington: World Bank
World Bank research programme, led by Paul Collier on the relation between armed internal conflict and wealth. What economic ('greed') and political ('grievance') factors increase the risk of civil war, terrorism, and violent crime? Primary resource for the 'greed and grievance' discussion. With many on-line papers
http://econ.worldbank.org/programs/conflict/
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Economies of Conflict - Private Sector Activities and Armed Conflict
Oslo: FAFO Institute
FAFO PICCR’s Economies of Conflict project researches the question of certain private sector activities help sustain armed conflict and what can be done about it? Includes a series of excellent reports from practitioners and researchers on the role of diamonds, timber, fuel and illicit finance.
http://www.fafo.no/nsp/ecocon.htm
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Fatal transactions: an investigation into the illicit diamond trade
London: Financial Times
Three-part series on conflict diamonds, the diamond industry and the future, July 10 - 12, 2000
http://specials.ft.com/ln/diamonds/
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George Forrest International S.A.
Belgium, Wavre
Corporate website of the Forrest Group, a company with large mining interests in the DR Congo.
http://www.forrestgroup.com/
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