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Article

11 Jul 2011

Author:
Muhammad Osman, Sudan Tribune

Sudan’s North-South oil deal feared to omit transparency terms

A fresh deal between North and South Sudan on managing oil revenues is “highly unlikely” to contain guarantees for transparency, an international NGO has said, warning that such shortcoming could stoke mistrust and conflict between the ex-war foes...“From everything we’ve heard, it is highly unlikely that when a new oil deal is agreed the text will contain explicit requirements for transparency and accountability,” Dana Wilkins of...Global Witness told Sudan Tribune. She cautioned that “this would be a very dangerous omission, one that would threaten to undermine the entire deal.” Conversely, a fair and mutually beneficial deal containing guarantees of transparent implementation...[would mean] “both sides, as well as the wider public, having access to all the data necessary to verify that the deal is being implemented fairly and to track where the revenues go.” [refers to China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC)]