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index 401<strong>and</strong> Pipeline Project, 345; partnershipwith Living Earth, 321Royal Institute of InternationalAffairs: investment study, 294Rubber: rebel group financing, 31,280 n64Rubies: rebel group financing, 31RUF. See Revolutionary United FrontRw<strong>and</strong>a: <strong>and</strong> African TradeInsurance Agency, 325; coltanexploitation, 200Samaritan’s Purse: activities inSudan, 337Sankoh, Foday: rearming ofmovement, 253Saro-Wiwa, Ken: execution of, 294,315–16Sassou-Nguesso, Denis: privatemilitia funding, 33Save the Children Fund: activities inSudan, 337Savimbi, Jonas: killing of, 236Sc<strong>and</strong>inavia: anticorruptioninitiatives, 320. See also specificcountriesSerbia: <strong>and</strong> embargo effect onMilosevic’s regime, 173–74;Multilateral InvestmentGuarantee Agency’s role inpromoting investment in, 324SGS: independent monitoringservices, 116–17, 118; timbercertification system, 114, 116–17Shell Petroleum DevelopmentCompany: Brent Spar offshoreinstallation, 294, 299; humanrights commitment, 304; Nigeria’smajority ownership of, 321;People, Pla<strong>net</strong>, <strong>and</strong> Profitsreport, 297; U.S.-U.K. VoluntaryPrinciples on Security <strong>and</strong>Human Rights participant,348–49 n29Shrimp-turtle dispute, 144–45Sierra Leone: booty futures, 33, 35;corrupt government link to civilwar, 26; diamond certificationscheme, 158 n23, 246; diamondresources, 4, 11; double agendaof peace transition <strong>and</strong> rearmament,253; intensification offighting over the best diamondareas, 217; newspaper articlealleging links between diamondsfrom RUF-controlled areas inSierra Leone <strong>and</strong> the Al-Qaedaterrorist <strong>net</strong>work, 270; rebelgroup financing, 32, 169;Report of the Panel of ExpertsConcerning, 253, 279 n38;UN Mission m<strong>and</strong>ate, 233.See also Revolutionary UnitedFrontSocial responsibility of corporations:link to risk management, 297;local community links, 297; scope<strong>and</strong> impact of, 297; sociallyresponsible investment, 303–4SOFAR. See State Oil Fund for theAzerbaijan RepublicSoftware. See Information technologySoros, George. See Global Witness;Publish What You Pay campaignSoros Foundation: <strong>and</strong> CaspianRevenue Watch, 64, 84South Africa: apartheid regime’spolicy of destabilizing neighboringstates, 142–43; diamond exploitation,174; <strong>and</strong> embargo effect onapartheid, 173; EndangeredSpecies Enforcement Unit, 128;Industrial DevelopmentCorporation’s involvement in theMozal aluminum smelter project,324; Truth <strong>and</strong> ReconciliationCommittee, 158 n21Southern African Regional PoliceChiefs Cooperation Organization:Agreement on Co-operations <strong>and</strong>Mutual Assistance in the Field ofCrime Combating, 243Soviet Union. See Former SovietUnion

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