31.   The sanctions prevent Liberian officials and their spouses from traveling overseas and ban diamond exports.

32.   The United Nations blamed UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi and imposed a ban on rebel diamond exports that were helping to finance the conflict.

33.   The United Nations blamed Savimbi and imposed a ban on rebel diamond exports that were helping to finance the conflict.

34.   The United Nations has already banned diamond exports by rebels in Angola and Sierra Leone in a bid to strangle their ability to finance their wars.

35.   The United Nations has banned diamond exports from the rebels in an attempt to strangle their source of funding for the war.

36.   The United Nations has banned diamond exports by rebels in Sierra Leone and in Angola hoping to strangle their ability to finance their wars.

37.   The United Nations has slapped sanctions, including a ban on diamond exports, on Liberia to punish Taylor for his alleged support of rebels in Sierra Leone.

38.   They also expressed concern at continued violations of U.N. sanctions against UNITA, which include a ban on diamond exports and a freeze on its foreign assets.

39.   UNITA earns hundreds of millions of dollars annually from diamond exports.

40.   ARS said a special bilateral supervisory board would be set up, including Russian government officials, to exercise tighter Russian government control over diamond exports.