discussion session with a number of experts and decision makers on the importance of publishing oil licensing round contracts to enhance the transparency of the oil sector and to protect the rights of the Iraqi people to their natural wealth.

Ther Development Center, in cooperation with the Iraqi Alliance for Transparency in Extractive Industries and with the support of PWYP, held a discussion session with a number of experts and decision-makers today in Baghdad on the importance of publishing oil licensing round contracts to enhance the transparency of the oil sector and to protect the rights of the Iraqi people to their natural wealth. Licensing rounds that simplify these contracts and make them understandable to all interested, thank you to everyone who attended and participated.