VOL. XLVI

No 26

30-June-2003

GENERAL

Support Grows For Transparency Initiative In Petroleum And Mining Sectors

A number of developing countries, private industries and investment houses have announced their support for the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI), which was launched by UK Prime Minister Tony Blair at the World Summit for Sustainable Development in Johannesburg in September 2002. At a conference for the initiative in London on 17 June, more than 10 countries expressed...