Open letter to oil companies operating in Iraq

Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative writes (February 16^th): We strongly urge that all international oil companies operating in Iraq:

1 – Respect the sovereignty of the Iraqi people over their natural resources, and noting the lack of legitimacy of their contracts, to relinquish any claims to rights over Iraqi oil.

2 – With oil companies now having taken the place of foreign troops in compromising Iraqi sovereignty, set a timetable for their withdrawal, while transferring technology to Iraq’s national oil companies.

3 – Stop exacerbating tensions between the Kurdistan Regional Government and the central Government of Iraq, by ceasing to exploit oil until a stable national accord has been achieved.

4 – Promote transparency in the oil sector in Iraq, by publishing details of all contracts.

5 – Support the passage of an Iraqi Labor Law that guarantees all Iraqi workers.

6 – Adopt clear policies to protect the Iraqi environment.

7 – Agree that the security and protection of personnel and equipment in all Iraqi oilfields should be exclusively under the authority of national Iraqi security forces.

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