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"Law of
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The declaration of Iraq as
a member in EITI.
The secretary general of
EITI in Iraq Mr.Alaa Mohieddin declared the acceptation of Iraq as a
member in the initiative. "Said Mr. Alaa Mohieddin that the
International Secretariat of the Initiative in Oslo issued an official
statement confirming the admission of Iraq by the members of the Board
of Directors which consists of twenty members representing the five
permanent countries and its supporters and civil society organizations
and international extractive companies. Mohieddin also said that Iraq is
one of the bigger ones among the members of the Initiative in terms of
oil reserves owned as well as the rates of daily production of oil as
well that one of the first countries in the region and the countries of
OPEC in terms of joining the initiative.
The spokesman of the oil
ministry Mr. Assem Jihad said that the announcement is the outcome of
the tireless efforts made by the ministry to meet the requirements of
accession represented by the Government's desire to work with civil
society organizations as well as the nomination of the secretary general
for the initiative, also He added that this initiative is concerned with
the commitment of governments and extractive companies to deploy
transparently the proceeds and payments relating to mining of natural
resources from the ground and matching them by the presence of
representatives of civil society. And he mentioned that the oil
ministry, represented by the efforts of the oil minister and the other
formations of the ministry contributed to solve all the obstacles to
succeed the council of the initiative which was held lately in Baghdad
by the sponsorship of the Prime Minister Mr. Noori Al-Maliki.
It is noteworthy that the
total number of the members in the initiative is 32 countries and is
hoped to raise the number when another 3 countries completes the
procedures of joining which begun two years ago.
After the admission of the
Iraqi formal membership, the Iraqi government and the oil ministry and
the IEITI received congratulation letters from some permanent members in
this initiative as well as some international organizations.
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