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United Nations resolution adopted in 2001
UN
Security Council
Resolution
1385
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Diamond_miners-1-.jpg/230px-Diamond_miners-1-.jpg) Diamond miners in Sierra Leone
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Date
| 19 December 2001
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Meeting no.
| 4,442
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Code
| S/RES/1385 (
Document
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Subject
| The situation in Sierra Leone
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Voting summary
| - 15 voted for
- None voted against
- None abstained
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Result
| Adopted
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Permanent members
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Non-permanent
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United Nations Security Council resolution 1385
, adopted unanimously on 19 December 2001, after recalling all
resolutions
on the situation in
Sierra Leone
, particularly resolutions
1132
(1997),
1171
(1998),
1299
(2000) and
1306
(2000), the Council extended sanctions against the import of rough
diamonds
except those controlled by the government from the country for a further 11 months, beginning on 5 January 2002.
[1]
The security council welcomed progress made in the Sierra Leone peace process and the efforts of the
Sierra Leone government
to extend its authority in diamond-producing areas with assistance from the
United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone
(UNAMSIL). There was concern at the role of the illicit trade of diamonds in the conflict.
[2]
It welcomed the founding of a certification regime in relation to neighbouring
Guinea
's exports of rough diamonds, and there were efforts to break the link between
armed conflict
and the illicit trade in diamonds.
Acting under
Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter
, the council welcomed the establishment of a
Certificate of Origin
regime for the diamond trade in Sierra Leone and that it was curbing the flow of
blood diamonds
. The restrictions on the trade of conflict diamonds (except those controlled by the government) were extended for an additional 11 months. The resolution further noted that the council could terminate the measures if it so decided and requested the Secretary-General
Kofi Annan
to publicise the provisions of the current resolution and obligations it imposed.
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