Welcome to the website of the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB).

The WFDB was founded in 1947 to unite and to provide bourses trading in rough and polished
diamonds and precious stones, with a common set of trading practice. The WFDB provides a
legal framework and convenes to enact regulations for its 26 member diamond bourses.

The function of the WFDB is as diverse as the members who belong to it. Ethics,
good business practice and morality are paramount and these are protected vigorously by
the Constitution of the WFDB which provides for Arbitration and Disciplinary procedures
against any bourse member who transgresses the code.

The purpose of the WFDB is to promote understanding and closer co-operation between
peoples all over the world who earn their livelihood in the diamond and precious stones trade.
Furthermore, it is the aim of the WFDB to encourage the establishment of bourses with a view
to eventual affiliation.

The World Diamond Council, which is the body set up by the World Federation, works hand in
hand with over 35 Governments, the European Union and the United Nations to rid the Industry
of the scourge of conflict diamonds.

This website will enable you to gain an insight into the WFDB and provide up to date information
on the diamond and precious stone trade. You can also view through this website the members
who are in good standing with their diamond bourses, the Directors of each bourse,
the contact numbers and addresses and the dates on which each bourse closes for holidays.
Each bourse administers its own list of members in good standing, Directors and holidays,
thereby providing current information to anybody seeking it.

CHARTER

Members of the Bourses affiliated to the World Federation of Diamond Bourses pledge themselves to uphold the traditions, principles of mutual trust, consideration and friendship which prevail among the members of the bourses world-wide.

They pledge themselves to abide by and hand down these principles and to ensure that they will forever serve as a basis in business relations between members of the affiliated bourses world-wide.