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Natural resources in Kurdistan and the legitimacy of their exploitation by the regional authority: water, oil and gas

Abstract The constitution of Iraq affects the development by the Kurdistan Region of Iraq of its natural resources, oil in particular. The paper examines the constitution’s provisions in regard to natural resource questions. The Kurdistan Regional Government should give adequate attention to water problems and adopt a transparent oil and gas policy. There should be a new settlement for the disputed territories outside the current constitutional framework.