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Post By : IJ News Service On 08 November 2014 1:28 AM
The 34th World Diamond Congress commenced in Moscow with a ceremonial opening session that brought together the general assemblies of both the World Federation of Diamond Bourses and the International Diamond Manufacturers Association. Guests of honour were Alexei Kudrin, Russia's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, and Fyodor Andreev, President of Alrosa. It was followed by the first working session of the WFDB, which saw the election of officers and inducting the South Korean Diamond Exchange as the 29th WFDB member. %% In his opening address to the Congress, WFDB president Avi Paz noted that the diamond industry continues to cope with after effects of the global economic crisis. He stressed that the industry continues to face challenges even today. “And in view of the situation, our purpose was - and still is - to sustain the viability and stability of rough supplies, and the continuation of manufacturing and marketing of polished diamonds", he said. Stating that WFDB played a “central and important role” in ensuring players in the diamond supply pipeline behave responsibly during the economic crisis, he outlined the focus for WFDB as, “Fortunately, in the past few Months we are witnessing signs of recovery and return to gradual growth. But we must continue looking beyond the daily trends and lead the entire industry toward the future with vision and courage.” %% The General Assembly re-elected Avi Paz as president (for a second consecutive term), Ernest Blom as WFDB Vice President, Michael Vaughan as WFDB Secretary-General, and Dieter Hahn as WFDB Treasurer-General. Also, Rony Unterman was elected Deputy Secretary-General and Freddy Hager as Treasurer-General. Six representatives - Julien Drybooms, Freddy Hager, Nikhil Jhaveri, Anoop Mehta, Moshe Mosbacher and Sergey Oulin, were elected for two-year term to WFDB Board of Directors. Upon becoming the 29th WFDB member, the South Korean Diamond Exchange is now eligible to attend the Asian bourses summit. %% A key topic that is being discussed at the Congress is the current deadlock in negotiations concerning the implementation of the Kimberley Process Certification Schedule in Zimbabwe.

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