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Madeline Albright Keynotes GIA Diamond Symposium.
Diamonds, Jewelry, and Politics do go hand-in-hand; said Madeline Albright, former U.S. Secretary of State keynoting the GIA Diamond Symposium in San Diego.
Attendees of the opening keynote session of the 4th International Gemological Symposium on Sunday received a lesson in global politics through a jewelry prism.
Proudly wearing one of several hundred brooches she owns, Albright relayed how her pins have played a part in her life as a public figure, as she often used them as a tool for diplomacy to reinforce the message she wanted to convey.
Albright shared the background on how she came to use her pins as more than decoration. As an ambassador to the United Nations, she criticized Iraq for not meeting its obligations to the world community prompting the Iraqi government to publish a poem in which they called Albright "a snake." Not long afterward, she met with an Iraq official and wore a snake pin, garnering attention from the media about the piece of jewelry.
Albright won over the crowd with her easy humor—noting at the start how she preferred preparing for the Symposium talk compared to when she spoke to a delegation of dentists. In order to ready herself for the dentist meeting she had root canal, but this time she just went shopping, the stateswoman quipped.
She also endeared herself by admitting she's the "perfect customer" because she always buys.
"If you travel around the world my photograph is in many stores," she said.
Matters turned more serious as she gave her take on the current global turmoil in the Middle East and fielded questions—both those submitted beforehand and from audience members following her presentation.
Of the messages conveyed by Albright, perhaps the ones that resonated most were the opportunities a global industry like gems and jewelry have to create networks of understanding and cooperation and the need for the industry to take responsibility for its business and give back to the global communities it sources its product from.
"I do believe that it is part of social responsibility for your industry and others to give back and to make sure particularly that the African continent isn't sucked out of its resources," she said.
The role of the industry on the global stage was demonstrated during an opening ceremony, as the flags of the 42 countries represented at Symposium paraded through the room.
The three-day event concludes on Tuesday.
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