ENERGY COMPANY DOCUMENTS

Shell's Position on Reporting Payments to Host Governments

Talisman Energy Reports of Payments to Host Governments
   • 2003 (PDF file)
   • 2002

BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2004

REGIONAL GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS

East Timor's Draft Petroleum Laws
From the website of the Timor Sea Office.
   • Summary
   • Draft Petroleum Act
   • Draft Petroleum Tax Act
   • Draft Production Sharing Contract
   • Draft Production Sharing Contract for the JDPA
   • Draft Petroleum Mining Code

Kyrgyzstan Produces EITI Reporting
In November 2004, Kyrgyzstan became the first country to produce reporting under the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI).

UNITED NATIONS DOCUMENTS

Consultations on Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on Transnational Corporations
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is preparing a report on the "Responsibilities of transnational corporations and related business enterprises with regard to human rights."

UNRISD Resource Guide on Regulating Corporations (PDF file)
The new UN Research Institute for Social Development Guide, "Regulating Corporations: A Resource Guide," released July 2004, seeks to "disentangle the multifarious regulatory world that relates to transnational corporations."

United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime

WORLD BANK DOCUMENTS

Extractive Industries Review
The Extractive Industries Review (EIR), launched by the World Bank Group to discuss its future role in the extractive industries with concerned stakeholders, released its final report in December 2003.
   • EIR Final Report
   • World Bank Response
   • US Dep't of Treasury Response

US GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS

Combating Multilateral Development Bank Corruption: U.S. Treasury Role and Internal Efforts
Hearing before the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, July 24, 2001.

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND DOCUMENTS

Fiscal Policy Formulation and Implementation in Oil-Producing Countries, An IMF publication, August, 2003

EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT DOCUMENTS

EBRD's Multistakeholder Forum Meetings Report on Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, ACG Phase 1, Shah Deniz and South Caucasus Pipeline Projects