KP reinstates CAR, admits Uzbekistan as a new member at the Plenary in Dubai

 The Kimberley Process (KP) has reinstated the Central African Republic (CAR) after an 11-year embargo. Uzbekistan has been admitted as a new member at the November 15 KP Plenary in Dubai.

The African country will now be able to export all of its rough diamonds through the KP, rather than only from a select group of “green zones,” or areas that comply with the KP’s rules. The KP suspended CAR in 2013 due to concerns that its diamonds were funding violence by rebels but reinstated the country after it complied with the organisation’s minimum requirements.