Natural Resource Management – 2009
2009
Intermediate Implementation 
According to a GoSS Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning report, Sudan’s total oil revenue in 2009 from oil resources in the Southern Sudan was $2,566.16 million, of which the GoSS’s share was $1,067.7 million. Also, approximately $666.14 million had been transferred to the GoSS between July and October 2009.1
The National Assembly adopted the National Land Commission Bill on 20 April 2009. The National Land Commission and the Southern Sudan Land Commission were independent commissions and as such had been mandated by the CPA to arbitrate between contending parties regarding claims over lands without prejudice to the jurisdiction of the courts.2 Nevertheless, members of the commission were not appointed in 2009.