II. Recommendations

To the Government of Angola

Publish all of the Oil Diagnostic reports and make them publicly available in Portuguese;
Publish all details of incoming revenues and outgoing expenditures;
Publish the audits of the Banco Nacional de Angola (BNA);
Conduct and publish an audit of Sonangol, beginning with the year 2000;
Publicly disclose the amount and uses of Sonangol’s and the government’s oil-backed debt;
Revise the State Secrets Law so that disclosure of information by third-parties is not a criminal offense when it relates to the use of public funds;
Authorize the publication of all IMF Article IV Staff Reports; including those from previous years;
Join the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative as a formal participant and implement its principles;
Publish a National Plan of Action for the realization of universal primary compulsory education. Such a plan should include a detailed accounting of the funds required, funds allocated, and accounting mechanisms to ensure their appropriate use;
Publish a National Health Strategy in order to ensure the progressive realization of the right to health. Such a plan should include a detailed accounting of the funds required, funds allocated, and accounting mechanisms to ensure their appropriate use;

Ensure that any new Staff Monitored Program includes requirements to publish the Oil Diagnostic reports; that audits of Sonangol and the BNA are made public; and that a full account of revenues, expenditures, and debt is made public as part of a new Staff Monitored Program and before any formal lending program with the IMF is finalized.

Insist upon full compliance and implementation of the transparency measures contained in the Transitional Support Strategy before considering new lending;
Make future cooperation with the government of Angola contingent on publication of all of the Oil Diagnostic reports; publication of audits of Sonangol and the BNA; and publication of a full account of revenues, expenditures and debt.

Press the government of Angola to join the EITI and ensure that companies also participate in the initiative with respect to Angola;
Require that Angola publish the Oil Diagnostic reports; that audits of Sonangol and the BNA are made public; and that a full account of revenues, expenditures, and debt is made public prior to an agreement to hold a donors conference;
Develop mechanisms mandating that companies disclose their payments to governments.

Encourage the government to publish the Oil Diagnostic reports; that audits of Sonangol and the BNA are made public; and that a full account of revenues, expenditures, and debt is made public;
Disclose any signature bonus payments to the government publicly at the time that they are paid;
Join the EITI and comply with its principles.

January 2003