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Plural of KPC
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A UN resolution in December 2000 launched the Kimberley process certification scheme (KPCS) to combat the sale of conflict or "blood" diamonds.
Ian Smillie, the leading architect of the KPCS, has resigned.
Human Rights Watch has called on the KPCS to suspend Zimbabwe because of human rights abuses in Marange and the country's lack of effective official oversight of its diamond industry.
It said the KPCS should broaden the definition of "conflict diamonds" to include those mined in the context of serious and systematic human rights abuses.
But last week seven campaign groups issued a joint statement warning that "the KPCS is failing to address effectively issues of non-compliance, smuggling, money laundering and human rights abuses in the world's alluvial diamond fields".
Members of the KPCS have been meeting in Namibia this week to discuss concerns over the trade of illegal gems in Ivory Coast, Guinea, Venezuela and Lebanon.
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The contract, under which LBS will provide training for about 300 KPC managers, is the biggest won by the school.
The contract, under which LBS will provide training for about 300 KPC managers, is the biggest ever won by the school.
Many KPC members became part of the KSF.
Terms such as "GNOC" (meaning "get naked on camera") and "420" ("cannabis") are often enough to "KPC" – "keep parents clueless'" Not all the acronyms and abbreviations highlighted by the guide are dangerous – "IRL" simply means "in real life".
Jeff Stein, 29, creative director at Chameleon, becomes chief creative officer at KPC-Chameleon.
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