(b) empowerment of the appropriate levels of government to
develop and manage, in consultation with the relevant
communities, the various stages of oil production within the
overall framework for the management of petroleum
development,
(c) give due attention to enabling policy environment for the
flow of foreign direct investment by reducing risks
associated with uncertainties regarding the outcome of the
referendum on self-determination at the end of the Interim
Period,
(d) persons enjoying rights in land, shall be consulted and their
views shall duly be taken into account in respect of
decisions to develop subterranean natural resources from
the area in which they have rights. They shall share in the
benefits of that development,
(e) persons enjoying rights in land are entitled to equitable
compensation on just terms arising from acquisition or
development of land for the extraction of subterranean
natural resources from the area in
respect of which they
have rights,
(f) the communities in whose areas development of
subterranean natural resources occurs have the right to
participate, through their respective states, in the negotiation
of contracts for the development of those resources,
(g) regardless of the contention over the ownership of land
and associated natural resources, there shall be a
framework for the regulation and management of
petroleum development in the Sudan during the Interim
Period.
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(1) An independent National Petroleum Commission shall be
established and its decision shall be by consensus.
(2) The National Petroleum Commission shall be constituted as
follows:(a) the President of the Republic and President of
Government of Southern Sudan as co-chairs,
(b) four permanent members representing the National
Government,
(c) four permanent members representing the Government
of Southern Sudan,
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