John Milovanovic is the first U.S. chair of the U.N.- sponsored Kimberley Process . According to the Kimberley Process , launched in 2003 to certify that diamonds do not come from conflict zones , blood diamonds are rough diamonds used by rebel movements or their allies to finance armed conflicts aimed at undermining legitimate governments . Milovanovic says the definition of blood diamonds will ' certainly be looked at ' Last year , founding member Global Witness pulled out of the process . The move followed the sale of diamonds from Zimbabwe 's controversial diamond mine .
John Milovanovic is the first U.S. chair of the U.N.- sponsored Kimberley Process . Milovanovic says the definition of blood diamonds will ' certainly be looked at ' Last year , founding member Global Witness pulled out of the process . The move followed the sale of diamonds from Zimbabwe 's controversial diamond mine .