| Taken Questions Office of the Spokesman Washington, DC November 13, 2002 Question Taken at November 12, 2002 Daily Press Briefing Iraq: Status of Conference on Iraqi Oil
Question: Does the Department of State have plans to host a conference on Iraqi oil? If so what is the status of the conference? Answer: The "Future of Iraq" Project draws on both independent Iraqis and representatives of political groups to plan for many of the practical issues that they will face together in a post-Saddam Hussein Iraq. Through this project, Iraqi experts have already begun real planning for the future of Iraq after Saddam Hussein through the convening of Working Groups in 1) Transitional Justice (which has held two meetings), 2) Public Finance, 3) Public and Media Outreach, 4) Democratic Principles (which has also met twice), 5) Water, Agriculture, and the Environment, 6) Health and Human Services, and 7) Economy and Infrastructure. The Department of State continues to make preparations to proceed with the remaining working groups of our "second phase" of the Future of Iraq Project on the following issues: Education; Refugees, Internally-Displaced Persons, and Migration Policy; Foreign and National Security Policy; Defense Institutions and Policy; Free Media; Civil Society Capacity Building; Anti-corruption Measures; and Oil and Energy. We hope to convene these working groups in the coming weeks.
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