Le deuxième rapport des Nations unies reconnaît le mérite de la Belgique dans le passage suivant : « Belgium, along with the Diamond High Council in Antwerp, has taken serious steps to halt imports of conflict diamonds, for example from Angola and Sierra Leone, by instituting strict controls and by playing a leading role in the design and adoptation of an international diamond certification system».
Het tweede VN-rapport erkent zulks door te stellen : « Belgium, along with the Diamond High Council in Antwerp, has taken serious steps to halt imports of conflict diamonds, for example from Angola and Sierra Leone, by instituting strict controls and by playing a leading role in the design and adoptation of an international diamond certification system».