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* Global Witness ( 1999 ).
London, UK, Global Witness.
* Global Witness, Taylor-made: The Pivotal Role of Liberia's Forests and Flag of Convenience in Regional Conflict, September 2001
The Kimberley Process has ultimately failed to stem the flow of blood diamonds, leading key proponents such as Global Witness to abandon the scheme.
* AME Church Department of Global Witness & Ministry
2005 ; Global Witness 2005 ).
* Global Witness A Choice for China: Ending the destruction of Burma's frontier forests, 2005.
Organizations such as Global Witness and the United Nations have documented the connection.
The effectiveness of the process has been brought into question by organizations such as Global Witness, which pulled out of the scheme on 5 December 2011, claiming it has failed in its purpose and does not provide markets with assurance that the diamonds are not conflict diamonds.
Global Witness is a London-based NGO, a key member of the KPCS and was one of the first organizations to bring the issue of ' conflict diamonds ' to international attention.
According to Global Witness, the Kimberley Process has ultimately failed to stem the flow of conflict diamonds, leading them to abandon the scheme in 2011.
At the same time, another founder member of the process, UK-based NGO Global Witness said, " Despite having all tools in place, the Scheme was failing effectively to address issues of non-compliance, smuggling, money laundering and human rights abuses in the world's ... diamond fields ".
The Scheme came under further criticism from Global Witness and Partnership Africa Canada in June 2010 after the Kimberley Monitor appointed to review diamond mining conditions in Zimbabwe recommended that the country be allowed to sell diamonds as conflict-free from its contested Marange diamond fields in Chiadzwa.
The certification scheme lost a large amount of its integrity following Global Witness ’ announcement to walk out on KP in December 2011.
" He is on the board of directors of Global Witness ( which campaigns against environmental and human rights abuses associated with the exploitation of natural resources ); the Open Society Foundations ( which works to establish government accountability and democratic processes internationally ); and Bend the Arc ( which focuses on creating economic opportunity and promoting social justice ).
In October 2011, seven years after the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations exposed the Obiang family ’ s secret accounts at Riggs Bank in Washington and five years after non-profit Global Witness discovered his Malibu mansion purchase — the US Justice Department went to court to seize $ 70 million (£ 44m ) of Nguema ’ s US assets, which include a Gulfstream jet, yachts, cars and Michael Jackson memorabilia.
A recent report by Global Witness, an independent advocacy group that focuses on natural resource exploitation, said there was a " major gap " between the government's promises of transparency and its follow-through.
A strong campaign was led by Lori Wallach of Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch, and a coordinated network (" 50 Years is Enough ') including Friends of the Earth, the Alliance for Democracy, Witness for Peace, the Sierra Club, the Preamble Center, the Democratic Socialists of America and other groups.
If Western banks rejected stolen money, says a report by Global Witness, ordinary people would benefit “ in a way that aid flows will never achieve ”.
* Global Witness, Taylor-made: The Pivotal Role of Liberia's Forests and Flag of Convenience in Regional Conflict, September 2001

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The economy of Cairo was ranked first in the Middle East, and 43rd globally by Foreign Policys 2010 Global Cities Index.
On August 12, 2011, it was confirmed that a new Counter Strike game was in development at Valve Software and Hidden Path Entertainment, which also codevelops Counter-Strike: Source, going under the title Global Offensive.
The Global War on Terror ( GWOT ) has shown the flexibility and responsiveness of the carrier on multiple occasions when land based air was not feasible or able to respond in a timely fashion.
Under the Global and All-Inclusive Agreement, signed on 17 December 2002, in Pretoria, there was to be one President and four Vice-Presidents, one from the government, one from the Rally for Congolese Democracy, one from the MLC, and one from civil society.
In the Philippines FNC was available on cable operator Global Destiny channel 21.
In January 2007 de Klerk was a speaker promoting peace and democracy in the world at the " Towards a Global Forum on New Democracies " event in Taipei, Taiwan, along with other dignitaries including Poland's Lech Wałęsa and now former Taiwan President Chen Shui-Bian.
In 2008 Gibraltar was listed for the first time in the Global Financial Centres Index published by the City of London Corporation.
Geneva was ranked as the world's thirteenth most important financial centre for competitiveness by the Global Financial Centres Index, ahead of Frankfurt, and third in Europe after London and Zürich.
The Global Climate Coalition ( 1989 – 2002 ) was a group of mainly United States businesses opposing immediate action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Al-Manar was designated as a " Specially Designated Global Terrorist entity ," and banned by the United States in December 2004.
In a December 2006 Newsweek International article, a study by Global Insight in London was reported to show " that Civil war or not, Iraq has an economy, and — mother of all surprises — it's doing remarkably well.
On April 23, 2012 at Internet Society's Global INET conference in Geneva, Switzerland, Torvalds was one of the inaugural inductees into the Internet Hall of Fame, one of ten in the Innovators category and thirty-three overall inductees.
Lederman was also a member of the USA Science and Engineering Festival's Advisory Board and CRDF Global.
Colquitt was chosen to host the 2010 Global Mural Conference.
To this day, the Women ’ s Division of the General Board of Global Missions holds property across on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, which was built using funds provided by laypeople.
In 1994, Morris released the second album Global Chillage which featured a holographic sleeve, and was released in the US on Astralwerks.
* Global Country of World Peace, " a country without borders for peace loving people everywhere ", was declared by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in 2000.
This was followed up by the Global Mining Initiative which was initiated by nine of the largest metals and mining companies, and led to the formation of the International Council on Mining and Metals to " act as a catalyst " for social and environmental performance improvement in the mining and metals industry internationally.
Nepal was ranked 54th worst of 81 ranked countries ( those with GHI > 5. 0 ) on the Global Hunger Index in 2011, between Cambodia and Togo.
In 2004, the National Geographic Headquarters in Washington, D. C. was one of the first buildings to receive a " Green " certification from Global Green USA .< ref >
It was formed in late 1998 as the political wing of the Maharishi Vedic Vishwa Prashasan ( MVVP ( Maharishi Global Administration Through Natural Law )), which had nominated thirty-four candidates in the February 1998 parliamentary election from Madhya Pradesh.
Even the idea and concept behind the Ampera was rooted in Opel with Frank Weber, the former " Global Vehicle Line Executive and Global Chief Engineer electric vehicle development ," being originally an Opel employee who was moved to the USA in order to advance the development of this concept in GM's home country instead of the German outpost that is Opel.

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