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ICA Newsletter for Members Issue 3

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Inside this Issue ICA Activities Round-Up

ICA and the UN – UNCRI: colored gemstones certification and traceability

from ethical origins( Yuen’s speech script in the attachment)

ICA at the OEDC

ICA visits Hammi Lab and Australia Tour

ICA Tucson & Hong Kong gathering

ICA Nominations and Elections

Nomination Committee: Mr. Benjamin Hackman elected as new president

of ICA for a 2-year-term

New Board of Directors

Retiring Directors

Highlights from the February Board of Director meeting, Tucson: Summary

from the committee report

ICA 2013 Congress – See you in two weeks!

Official delegations to attend the congress

Upcoming ICA Activities

ICA BOD meeting, May

ICA communication booth at JCK

Newly appointed ICA ambassador to China – Maggie Yin

Accomplish a year’s worth of business by taking one trip to JCK Las Vegas, May 31 –

June 3 2013 at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. Meet with over 2500 exhibitors,

attending networking events and learn new ideas in our education program. View

our new registration qualifications. Register today.

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ICA Staff Telephone No during Changsha Congress :

Management Control (策劃統籌)

1) Jenny Lo: (CN) (86) 14715678821

Exhibition (展覽事務)

2) Cherie Yuen: (CN) (86) 147 15699212

Communication (傳訊事務)

3) Seavy Chen: (CN) (86) 147 1569 9149

Hotel Information (酒店安排)

4) Sylvia Ye: (CN) (86) 147 1569 9252

RE: ICA Activities Round- Up ICA and the UN – UNCRI: colored gemstones certification and traceability from

ethical origins

The stakeholders and expert meeting was held by the United Nations Interregional

Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) in cooperation with the Vienna

International Justice Institute and the ICA in Turin on April 9, 2013. The meeting

features the project aiming to establish a mechanism for the traceability and

certification of ethical region of the colored gemstone.

“ The colored gemstones’ global industry accounts for US$10-12 billion per year, 80%

of the coloured gemstones productions comes from small scale informal mining. The

supply chain from mine to market is extremely fragmented with a high degree of

opacity. The high value and easy portability of the gemstones provide lucrative

opportunities for illegal activities, ” UNICRI noted in their news report.

The project brought together the United Nations, concerned governments, the

industry and civil society. It was attended by representatives from the public and

private sectors from countries including Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China,

Changsha, Hunan province, China

May 12 – 16: ICA 2013 Congress

May 16 – 20: China (Changsha) Mineral and Gem show

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Colombia, France, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Sir Lanka, Switzerland,

Tanzania and the Russian Federation.

At the meeting, ICA president Mr. Wilson Yuen gave a speech calling for the

traceability of precious gems and jewelry industry. His full speech script is in the

attachment.

If you would like to share your opinion on the UNCRI project with us, please send

back your viewpoints by replying to this email.

(The preliminary consultative meeting of UNICRI initiative project in cooperation

with the Vienna International Justice Institute and ICA was held on April 4, 2013)

ICA joins Multi-Stakeholders Meeting at OECD

A multi-stakeholder group of some fifth representatives from the industry, civil

society and government met at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and

Development (OECD) in Paris to discuss on the responsible sourcing of precious

stones. ICA represented the colored gemstone industry. A presentation was given by

ICA vice president Jean Claude Michelou on the topics of UNCRI project.

The meeting underlined the importance of responsible sourcing practice,

international guidelines and business conduct. It was hosted by the Fafo Institute for

Applied International Studies, Jewelers of America, Signet Jewelers Ltd., the UK

Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the US Department of State.

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ICA’s Australia Trip

ICA president Wilson Yen visited Australia in March to promote the ICA 2013

congress as well as the inaugural China Mineral and Gem Show which will kick off on

the last day of the congress. There will be the Australia Opal Collection Exhibition at

the Changsha Show as well.

ICA president Wilson Yuen, ICA director Terry Coldham, ICA immediate past

president Andrew Cody and Changsha Mineral and Gem Show president Dr. Kong Sui

at the National Opal Collections Showrooms in Sydney and Melbourne. Photo

courtesy of Andrew Cody.

ICA Tucson and Hong Kong gathering

ICA organizes member gatherings during the Tucson show and Hong Kong shows. In

the coming ICA congress, we invite all of you to attend the gala dinners on the

Congress Opening, Changsha Show Opening and Congress Closing Ceremony. Hope

to see you there!

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ICA Reception, Tucson, Feb. 2013.

ICA Reception, Tucson, Feb. 2013.

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ICA president Mr. Yuen invited ICA board directors to the stage at the Hong Kong

cocktail reception on March 6, 2013

ICA cocktail reception, March 2013, Hong Kong

RE: ICA Nominations and Elections Nomination Committee: Mr. Benjamin Hackman elected as new president of

ICA for a 2-year-term

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Benjamin Hackman was elected to be ICA president for a two-year term. Hackman

has been a member of ICA since 1984 and served two terms as ICA board member.

He is also member of several organizations serving the trade in the United States,

served three terms as AGTA board member and treasurer plus one term as

president.

New Board of Directors 2013-2015

The new term of ICA Board of Directors will be effective from May 16, 2013. They

will be duly introduced and formally installed at the General Assembly during the ICA

2013 Congress. Here they are:

Benjamin Hackman

President

USA

Jean Claude Michelou

Colombia

Sushil Goyal

USA

Nobuyuki Horiuchi

Japan

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Susie Kennedy

Kenya

Phuket Khunaprapakorn

Thailand

Ehud Harel

Israel

Duncan Mclauchlan

UK

Sampat R. Poddar

Canada

Yu Xiaojin

China

Bruce Bridges

USA

Philippe Scordia

France

Nirmal Kumar Bardiya

India

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Vijay Kedia

India

Fujio Takada

Japan

Shirley Zhang

Hong Kong

Jain Rakesh

Hong Kong

Damien Cody

Australia

Marcelo Ribeiro

Brazil

Pavel Sokolov

Russia

Santpal Sinchawla

Thailand

E. Gamini Zoysa

Sri Lanka

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Wilson Yuen

Immediate Past President

Hong Kong

Jenny Lo

Hong Kong

Retiring Directors

The following are retiring from the ICA Board of Directors after their term of service.

ICA thanks them for their diligent contribution to the ICA and the colored gemstone

industry:

Wilson Yuen

Immediate Past President

Hong Kong

Michael Haag

Germany

Asraf Mohamed

Muhamad Sultan

Thailand

Terrence Coldham

Australia

A. H. M. Imtizam

Sri Lanka

Kamal Kothari

Thailand

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Brandon Ma

Thailand

Bryan E. Pavlik

Austria

Capt. Ramji Sharma

Japan

Andrew Cody

Australia

Summary from the committee report at Tucson, 2013

The BOD meeting was held on Feb. 3 in Tucson. It was attended by 17 directors ad

three ICA staff. Four directors were absent. Below are the highlights from each

committee report:

The minutes of the meeting on Jun 2012 at Hong Kong was passed

Membership Due

- The collection of outstanding payment from members should be finished by the

end of Mar 2013. After that date, those members with outstanding payment,

their names will not be printed on the coming new Directory Year 2013 – 2015.

And they are not allowed to join the ICA pavilion.

HKTDC exhibition location changes

- Discussion on why the booth allocations were changed at the last minute this

year (2012). It was because of HKTDC changed the whole floor plan layout.

ICA needed to make the reallocation to cope with their instruction.

ICA 2013 Congress- Yu Xiaojin

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- Yu presented the congress report and the posters. Yu further listed the congress

outgoing document and the distribution schedule: The invitation brochures had

already been shipped out in mid-Jan. Emails sending and website updates were

being done long ago.

- Andrew asked how much the promotion budget was. Yu and Wilson said 10

million RMB from both CMGS and the government was estimated.. Yu referred

that the congress schedule was made with reference to

the Panyu and Brazil one.

- Mr Imtizam handed a letter from Sri Lanka Gem and Jewelry Association to Yu for

supporting the ICA congress 2015.

Financial Report – Asraf Sultan for Michael Haag

- The financial reports presented during the meeting gave a brief financial status of

the NY office and HK headquarters.

Administration – BJ Hackman

- The NY office maintained good operations and was in charged by Claudiu.

Nothing change, registration and accounting work were done as normal.

Disclosure – Nobuyuki Horiuchi

- Horiuchi proposed to carry out a survey on the application of Disclosure Codes in

Gems Industries. Questions might set on asking how many members using Code

or Disclosing Codes. The purpose of the survey was to collect information about

the usage of the codes. If not many people/companies used, encourage them to

use the codes on Memos, on Invoices or Certificates.

Membership Committee – Asraf Sultan

- A receivable membership fee of Year 2011 and 2012 by country as at 27 Jan 2013

was presented during the meeting.

Nominations Committee – Andrew Cody

- Benjamin Hackman was the only nominee for the new president of ICA as at the

time of the BOD meeting.

- It was passed by all upon the discussion on the numbers of Directors in each

country for the coming new board:

HK: 2 seats

Japan: 2 seats

India: 2 seats

GILC

- The GILC 2013 Tucson meeting would discuss a lot on the emerald, also some

updates on opal and sapphire.

A congress working committee was scheduled on March 10, 2013.

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RE: ICA 2013 Congress – In ONE week! Official Delegations to Attend the congress

The ICA is pleased to announce there are four delegations from gemstone producing

countries confirmed to join the 2013 Congress. Herewith the delegations details:

Thailand Government, The Gem and Jewelry Institute of Thailand (Public

Organization)

- Dr. Pornsawat Wathanakul, the new GIT Director,

- Dr. Visut Pisutha-Arnond, Honorable academic adviser,

- Ms. Pattaravadee Suvannavejh, Chief of Business Development Department

- Ms. Duangporn Roongmaneephan, Business Development officer.

Sri Lanka

- Amitha Gamage, chairman of Sri Lanka National Gem & Jewellery Authority;

- Prasad Galhena, former chairman of Sri Lanka National Gem & Jewellery

Authority;

- Yousuf Maraikkar, acting chairman and chief executive of Sri Lanka Export

Development Board

- A.P. Jayraj, chairman of Sri Lanka Gem & Jewellery Association.

Tanzania

- Ally Samaje, Commissioner for Minerals

- Benjamine Mchwampaka, Assistant Commissioner for Minerals

- Philip Marmo, Tanzanian Ambassador to China

- George Kaseza, Secretary of Tanzania Gem show

Colombia

- Oscar Manuel Baquero Reyes

- Luis Gabriel Angarita Sarmiento

- Alvaro Efrain Rojas Bermúdez

- Doris Mireya Medina Lopez

RE: Upcoming ICA activities Schedules of the Directors Activities/Functions in ICA Congress is as below:

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Date Time Functions Venue Remark:

Attendants

13 May 2013,

Mon

9:00 –

17:00

Board Meeting (I) Wanda

Vista

Changsha

Hotel

Existing Board

16 May 2013,

Thurs

13:30 –

15:00

General Assembly ditto Existing Board

New Board

All Members

15:00 –

17:00

Board Meeting (II) ditto New Board

18:30 –

21:00

Congress Closing

Gala Dinner

Inauguration

Ceremony

ditto Existing Board

New Board

All Participants

ICA will have a communication booth at the JCK Las Vegas show this year.

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Tel: (852) 2365 9318

Fax: (852) 2365 9371

Email: ica@gemstone.org

Address: Unit No.11, 8th

Floor, Heng Ngai Jewelry Centre,

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