Abstract
Reports that Sierra Leone has submitted a proposed new mining, export and monitoring regime for rough and uncut diamonds from Sierra Leone, together with a draft new forgery-proof Certificate of Origin document and a copy of the Mines and Minerals (Amendments) Act of 1999; states that rough diamonds controlled by the Government through the Certificate of Origin regime shall be exempt from measures imposed in para. 1 of S/RES/1306 (2000), and requests the Government to disseminate samples of certificates and other appropriate material before resumption of diamond exports from Sierra Leone.