Question

How does Blood Diamond impact on political, economic and ethical stability?

Answer 1

Political impact on blood diamonds:-

• 1989- 2003in Liberia.
• Engaged in civil war .
• Illegal trade of diamonds Increased.
• The government allowed to illegal trades of "Blood diamonds"
• Inspite of harm and danger of children fighting and searching for diamonds.
• As it helped the structure of the government and Economy in becoming strong and stable.
• In march 2001,UN security council put Embargo acts on the weapons and diamonds that were being trades and sold to fuel.
• UN stated that if liberia continued with trade of the diamonds.
• Other countries will take action
• And do necessary to stop the Exports.
• The government's argument was that they needed the weapons paid by the diamonds to protect themselves against rebel groups.
• Crossing the border and attacking their region.
• Liberia at present developing a diamond monitory system.
• This process was set up to prevent the trade of diamonds.
• The history of exporting Blood diamonds have a created a
• Stable government for Liberia.

Economic impact:-

• In Africa wealth and power went hand in hand.
• There were many wars going on in Africa.
• Countries needed to pay for them.
• So diamonds came into play.
• In Angola ,blood diamonds were mined.
• The revolutionary united front smuggled the diamonds to other countries.
• Sold in world markets.
• Diamonds were paid for weapons, Food and other necessities for the rebel groups.
• These groups earned millions of dollars from these blood diamonds.
• Once they started trading.
• Liberia became the transit place for smuggled diamonds.

Ethical impact:-

• The movie highlighted that Ethical issue of corrected officers who use their power for money.
• The title of the movie shows that conflicts diamond which are rough are used by Rebel and by terrorists.
• These conflict diamonds are used to finance the act of terrorism and war.
• In this issue many children were kidnapped and were made into soldiers and labours this act was inhuman.
• To mine the diamonds,rebels used slaves.
• They raided villagers and captured men, women and children to work as slaves.