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WDC meeting to be held in Antwerp

April 30, 2008

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Antwerp, Belgium—The World Diamond Council's (WDC) sixth annual meeting will be held in Antwerp from June 30-July 1, the organization has announced.

The theme of the meeting, to be hosted by the Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC), is "Celebrating Five Years into the Kimberley Process."

The WDC is the international body in charge of coordinating the diamond and jewelry industry's campaign against conflict diamonds. The organization was created in Antwerp in 2000 at the World Diamond Congress of the World Federation of Diamond Bourses and the International Diamond Manufacturers Association.

The AWDC is the official representative of the Belgian diamond sector in charge of managing the relationship between the diamond sector and government, and promoting the interests of the Belgian diamond industry worldwide.
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