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(41.) State Oil Fund of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Answers to Frequently Asked Questions, 2006 http://www.oilfund.az/index_en.php?n=15#1 (last visited Feb. 4, 2007).

(42.) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE IMPLEMENTATION IN AZERBAIJAN (Nov. 13, 2003), http://www.eitransparency.org/UserFiles/ File/azerbaijanreports/azerbaijanmou.pdf.

(43.) REPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN (HOST GOVERNMENT) ABOUT AGGREGATED RECEIPTS FROM THE EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES (2005), http://www.oilfund.az/download2/jan-dec-2005_en.pdf.

(44.) Press Release, Committee on EITI, Extractive Industry (Oil and Gas) Companies, & Non-Governmental Organizations Coalition for Increasing Transparency in the Extractive Industries of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan discloses Third EITI Report (Jan. 27, 2006), http://www.oilfund.az/eiti_en.php.

(45.) Press Release, State Oil Fund of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Baku Hosts International EITI Events (Apr. 11, 2006), http://www.oilfund.az/eiti_en.php.

(46.) See Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, EITI Countries, http://www.eitransparency.org/ section/countries (last visited Feb. 4, 2007).

(47.) EITI Principles and Criteria, supra note 30.

(48.) See supra Part IV.

(49.) EITI Principles and Criteria, supra note 30.

(50.) Publish What You Pay, supra note 18.

(51.) See Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, International Advisory Group, http://www.eitransparency.org/section/_iag (last visited Feb. 4, 2007).

(52.) See Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, Supporters, http://www.eitransparency.org/ section/supporters (last visited Feb. 4, 2007).

(53.) See EITI SECRETARIAT, THE FUTURE MANAGEMENT OF EITI: THIRD TECHNICAL PAPER (2006), http://www.eitransparency.org/UserFiles/File/iagbaku/ futuremanagement.pdf.

(54.) See Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, Oslo Conference, http://eitidev.forumone.com/section/ events/_oslooctober2006 (last visited Feb. 4, 2007).

(55.) EITI Principles and Criteria, supra note 30.

(56.) See EITI, LAG Members, http://www.eitransparency.org/ section/_iag/_iagmembers (last visited Feb. 4, 2007).

(57.) EITI Principles and Criteria, supra note 30.

(58.) John Donnelly, Congo Holds 2 Activists Who Assailed Oil Deals, BOSTON GLOBE, Apr. 7, 2006, http://www.boston.com/news/world/africa/articles/2006/04/07/ congo_holds_2_activists_who_assailed_oil_deals/.

Dr. Peter Eigen, (Dr.iur. Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Dr.h.c. Open University, Prof.h.c. Free University Berlin) is the founder and chairman of the Advisory Council Transparency International and chairman of Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). These remarks were taken from the Houston Journal of International Law's Fourth Annual Lecture Series, held on April 12, 2006, and have been adapted for publication.