United Nations Security Council Resolution 1306

UN Security Council
Resolution 1306
UN Security Council; Resolution 1306
	Diamonds
Date	5 July 2000
Meeting no.	4,168
Code	S/RES/1306 (Document)
Subject	The situation in Sierra Leone
Voting summary	14 voted for; None voted against; 1 abstained;
Result	Adopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members	China; France; Russia; United Kingdom; United States;
Non-permanent members	Argentina; Bangladesh; Canada; Jamaica; Malaysia; Mali; Namibia; Netherlands; Tunisia; Ukraine;

United Nations Security Council resolution 1306, adopted on 5 July 2000, after recalling all previous resolutions on the situation in Sierra Leone, particularly resolutions 1132 (1997), 1171 (1998) and 1299 (2000), the Council decided to prohibit the direct or indirect import of rough diamonds from the country.^[1] The rebel Revolutionary United Front controlled 90% of the diamond-producing areas in Sierra Leone and was using diamonds to finance its operations.^[2]

Resolution 1306 was adopted by 14 votes to none against and one abstention from Mali, which at the time was also the chair of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and had felt its position was not taken into account in the text of the resolution.^[1]

^ ^a ^b "Security Council decides to impose prohibition on imports of rough diamonds from Sierra Leone". United Nations. 5 July 2000.
^ "U.N. Security Council bans sale of Sierra Leone diamonds". CNN. 5 July 2000.

[un-1] "Security Council decides to impose prohibition on imports of rough diamonds from Sierra Leone". United Nations. 5 July 2000.

[2] "U.N. Security Council bans sale of Sierra Leone diamonds". CNN. 5 July 2000.

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