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 * ** Blood Diamonds **
 * ** Illegally mined and sold **
 * ** the money is then used for supplying rebel or outlawed groups in acts against the government **
 * ** been around for centuries **
 * ** became a problem when there was a Civil war in Angola and Sierra Leone in 1990s that drew international attention **
 * ** Jonas Savimbi **
 * ** ran for president but was defeated **
 * ** he was a popular rebel leader **
 * ** lead a group of rebels to fight against the government and eventually took over ⅔ of Angola **
 * ** they also now have control of most of the diamond mines **
 * ** National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) is what the group was called **
 * ** National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) **
 * ** throughout 1990s hired thousands of illegal immigrant **
 * ** young, underpaid **
 * ** dug for diamonds in river beds with their bare hands **
 * ** supervised by armed UNITA soldiers **
 * ** smuggled through the Republican Democratic of Congo **
 * ** 1999 the United Nation of Security tried to put a sanction on the trading but there was no effect **
 * ** 2002 the war ended when the leader died **
 * ** Revolutionary United Front (RUF) **
 * ** 1991 **
 * ** rose up against the government **
 * ** took over diamond mines **
 * ** diamonds = money = supplies = longer battles **
 * ** 200 - 250 million dollars annually with trading the diamonds **
 * ** in november 2002 representatives of 71 of the world's principal diamond-producing countries agreed to establish the so-called Kimberley Process Certification System **
 * ** World Diamond Council **
 * ** July 15 2010- World Diamond Council ordered Kimberley Process officials to go and visit mines in Africa to inspect that they meet the standards **
 * ** one visit in August and one in September **
 * ** 1999 - estimated that the diamond trading has been reduced 3.02% **
 * ** by 2004 the illegal mining is only 1% left **


 * Time Frame: 1990s - Present Day **
 * Place: Angola, Africa **
 * Debate Moderator: [| Mo Ibrahim Foundation] Board of Directors **
 * Scenario: Although the [|Mo Ibrahim Foundation] did not award a prize in 2009, they believe that many countries have the potential to put a strong effort forward. As a staunch advocate for your country, you believe that your country is doing the right things to be awarded the prize. **

** 1. Character: Bianca Garry ** ** 2. Identify the country which their character represents - with particular attention to the state's geography, economy, population, and social structure. **
 * Content Information and Resume Format **
 * Students will choose a current African leader for this Honors Global Studies debate. A resume must be created on wikispaces and should be complete by the day of the debate. **
 * Country: ** Angola
 * Geography: ** In these places of Angola there are a lot mines, within these mines are diamonds. As we all know all these mines are filled with diamonds that are very valuable to trade with.
 * Economy: ** Because of all the diamonds that are being traded illegally their economy is not all that great. Many people get their money from trading that they are getting not from the economy. If they were to actually trade it within the economy their economy would be very high. That is not the only effect either. But there are also a lot of illegal immigrants that live there. So because they don’t want to get caught and forced back to their own country they take jobs that are not official. That means that there are not a lot of workers in the workforce.
 * Population: ** 19,618,432 as of 2011
 * Social Structure: ** The social structure has a very big difference between each group. There are the government officials and the people that are protected because they work within the government. Then there are the people that are very wealthy for whatever reason, middle, and poor class. The rebel groups are then in one of those groups depending on the amount of diamonds they trade each year. Finally, there are the illegal immigrants that can not take an official job and has to work for the rebels. Which treats them unfairly with what they are paid and how they are treated.

Bianca is a teen, yet to live his life to the fullest. He is originally from Sierra Leone, but because of all the fighting and rebel, they illegally cross the border into Angola. He was the only child and he was with his parents as they were crossing. His mother and him lost his father on the trek over the border. Eventually his mother also died because she was too weak to go any further. Bianca traveled with the the other groups of people also trying to cross the border. When he finally reached that he was brought to a refugee camp that was lead by a rebel group. They didn’t know that and so they thought that they were finally safe. But the next day they were forced to dig for diamonds with their bare hands. They were given only enough food to survive yet another miserable day. As if that wasn’t bad enough they started to beat him and the others as they were working in the fields. Many people were becoming ill because of malnutrition, waterborne illnesses, and unsanitary living conditions.
 * 3. Identify the character's previous occupation and other pertinent background information. **


 * 4. Identify 3 references that reflect your character's ideas. (Basically, who supports your positions?) These references could be chosen from among the list of debate participants. Should you use someone outside the list, please see me before you submit your resume. **
 * Kimberley Process Certification System
 * They set standards for how each mines should be. If they don’t meet the standards they are not allowed to mine anymore until they make those changes and do meet the standards. This also counts for how they are treating their “workers”.
 * World Diamond Council
 * On July 15 2010- World Diamond Council ordered Kimberley Process officials to go and visit mines in Africa to inspect that they meet the standards. This group of people are in charge of making sure that everyone is making sure that they are all properly set. Also they keep track of all the statistics of rebel groups and decide what will happen to them.
 * Human Rights Group
 * These group of people are afraid that the workers over there working for the rebels are being mistreated, which is breaking one of the human rights law. With all the people over there they the rebels do not care for how their health is but the money. With all that money they are using it to support themselves fighting against the government.

** 5. How does your character measure against these four benchmarks? ** * This section of the resume is going to be different for each individual. Essentially, you're going to try and tie your character to certain themes present in modern Africa. This information is more thoroughly explained on the Mo Ibrahim website.
 * Safety and Rule of Law
 * Angola is ranked 40th of the safety to their people, but they don’t know what is happening off site of the government. They don’t see everything that happens in the country and they for sure do not have an accurate reading on the the ratings. If they were to take a look at how the rebels were treating the workers, they would be dropping down the ranks by the second. It is awful what they do, as if it isn’t bad enough to have to move out of your country, they will beat you if you are not working fast enough or just abuse their workers because they can.
 * Participation and Human Rights
 * World Diamond Council is one of the biggest participant that is involved with this kind of criminal activity. These group of people will track every move that is happening with the illegal mining and trading. The Human Rights group is also worried for these people in the mining operations because the rebels do not care for the health of the workers. All they want is the diamonds. People are getting killed day by day because of malnutrition.
 * Sustainable Economic Opportunity
 * The government could be taking these diamond mines from them and trading them with other countries, this will make them a main supporter in trading diamonds to others. With all the money that they make they can not only use it for
 * Human Development
 * They have a very big chance on creating something great for the world. If they were able to control the mines and was able to use those diamonds to trade they would get a lot of money. With that money they can use it for the people of the country and after that they can use it for research.

** Work Cited **
 * Allen, Michael. "The 'Blood Diamond' Resurfaces." The Wall Street Journal. Doe **
 *  Jones & Company, 19 June 2010. Web. 28 Feb. 2013. **
 * "Blood Diamonds." Global Issues in Context Online Collection. Detroit: Gale, 2013. **
 * Global Issues In Context. Web. 26. Feb. 2013. **
 * Snow, Keith H. "Global Research." Chloeâs Blood Diamond. N.p., 24 Nov. 2007. **
 * Web. 28 Feb. 2013. **