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|  name           = African Diamond Producers Association (ADPA)
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|  type           = [[Social:Intergovernmental organization|Intergovernmental organization]]
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|  foundation     = November 4, 2006
|  location       =  [[Place:Luanda|Luanda]], Angola
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|  num_employees  = 7
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|  industry       = [[Chemistry:Diamond|Diamond]]
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|  homepage       = [http://www.africandiamondcouncil.org www.africandiamondcouncil.org]
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The '''African Diamond Producers Association''' (ADPA) is an intergovernmental organization that seeks to strengthen the level of influence African [[Chemistry:Diamond|diamond]]-producing countries have on the world diamond market.

ADPA implements policies, strategies and laws that assist the generation of diamond profits from foreign diamond mining companies to its Member States.

The organization was formed on 4 November 2006<ref>[http://allafrica.com/stories/200611030842.html Angola: African Diamond Producing Countries Ministers Meet], Allafrica.com, November 3, 2006 {{subscription required}}</ref><ref>{{dead link|url=http://www.mineweb.net/african_renaissance/389260.htm|date=March 2012}}, African Diamond Council unleashes its intergovernmental branch, Mineweb.net, November 6, 2006</ref> as a continental branch of the '''African Diamond Council''', Africa's supreme diamond governing body.<ref>{{dead link |url=http://docs.google.com/gview?a=v&q=cache:tY_nFzP23rcJ:www.fels.upenn.edu/internship/CCA_Africa_Business_Report_2007_Vol%25204_Issue%2520No%2520%252068.pdf+upenn+adc+adpa&hl=en&sig=AFQjCNHp0g78Y5M7TYnIR9ziS50kdmhEVA&pli=1 |date=March 2012}}, African Diamond Trade: Top Producing Nations Form Strategic Alliance</ref>

The initiative to establish the ADPA was initially adopted and backed by Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos.

Angola is the interim executive secretariat as well as home to the organization's headquarters.

Both the ADC and ADPA organization's executive secretariat and headquarters are in the Republic of Angola.

==Members==
[[Image:ADPA map.png|thumb|APDA Membership<br />{{legend|#008080|Member}}{{legend|#58BCBF|Observer}}]]

# {{flagcountry|Angola}}
# {{flagcountry|Botswana}}
# {{flagcountry|Central African Republic}}
# {{flagcountry|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}
# {{flagcountry|Ghana}}
# {{flagcountry|Guinea}}
# {{flagcountry|Namibia}}
# {{flagcountry|Sierra Leone}}
# {{flagcountry|South Africa}}
# {{flagcountry|Tanzania}}
# {{flagcountry|Togo}}
# {{flagcountry|Zimbabwe}}

==Observers==
# {{flagcountry|Algeria}}
# {{flagcountry|Republic of the Congo}}
# {{flagcountry|Gabon}}
# {{flagcountry|Cote d'Ivoire}}
# {{flagcountry|Liberia}}
# {{flagcountry|Mali}}
# {{flagcountry|Mauritania}}

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://allafrica.com/stories/200705030242.html "Africa: Diamond Lobby Talks of Beneficiation" AllAfrica.com 3 May 2007]
* [http://www.diamonds.net/News/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=17555 "ADC sets '07 Budget for ADPA" Diamonds.net 30 April 2007]

[[Category:International trade organizations]]




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