just curious. i hear the term alot and never knew what it meant.
2007-02-12 17:40:15 · 8 answers · asked by hatchet juggalette 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
There are alot of diamonds that come out of africa. As you might know, there are over a dozen civil wars on that continent as we speak. There are also warlords that need money to wage war. Basically, blood diamonds mean that the money raised from harvesting the diamonds goes to bullets and bomb that cause bloodshed.
2007-02-12 17:47:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A blood diamond (also called a conflict diamond or a war diamond) is a diamond mined in a war zone and sold, usually clandestinely, in order to finance an insurgent or invading army's war efforts.
History
The United Nations (UN) in 1998 placed Angola under sanctions forbidding countries from buying diamonds from them. This resolution was the first resolution of the UN which specifically mentioned diamonds in the context of funding war. In 1999 the illicit diamond trade was estimated to have made up 3.06% of the world's diamond production. By 2004 this percentage had fallen to approximately 1%.
2007-02-12 17:47:20 · answer #2 · answered by krish h 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Blood Diamonds refer to Conflict Diamonds. Conflict diamonds are those sold in order to fund armed conflict and civil war. Profits from the trade in conflict diamonds, worth billions of dollars, were used by warlords and rebels to buy arms during the devastating wars in Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Sierra Leone. Wars that have cost an estimated 3.7 million lives.
2007-02-12 17:49:48 · answer #3 · answered by Tish S 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
blood diamonds, also known as conflict diamonds, are diamonds mined in parts of Africa by slave labor under incredibly harsh conditions that are sold to major diamond distributors. The money from these diamonds is used by local warlords to buy weapons and ammunition to expand their territory.
Currently the diamond industry claims that they don't sell conflict diamonds, but they also admit there is no way of verifying the origin of every diamond they purchase.
2007-02-12 17:51:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
blood diamond is a title of a good movie
2007-02-12 17:46:48 · answer #5 · answered by probug 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you like Leonardo di Carpio, he starred in a movie called BLODD DIAMONDS it may answer your curiosity because the story is based on some facts.
2007-02-12 17:48:59 · answer #6 · answered by trykindness 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Blood Diamonds" refer to the blood shed for mining diamonds in impoverished African countries.
2007-02-12 17:44:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
red colored diamonds, i think
2007-02-12 17:43:15 · answer #8 · answered by snowangel_az 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋