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Article: Sierra Leone -- Amnesty International calls for fast and effective action on diamonds.
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- July 3, 2000
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M2 PRESSWIRE-3 July 2000-AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: Sierra Leone -- Amnesty International calls for fast and effective action on diamonds (C)1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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Amnesty International is today calling on the United Nations Security Council to move quickly and effectively to prevent the flow of arms to the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) in Sierra Leone, whose forces continue to perpetrate systematic human rights abuses against civilians.
Military assistance to the RUF is largely funded by the trade in diamonds from rebel-held areas.
A draft resolution now being considered by the Security Council would ban ...