(b) empowerment of the appropriate levels of government to develop and manage, in consultation with the relevant communities, the various stages of oil production within the overall framework for the management of petroleum development, (c) give due attention to enabling policy environment for the flow of foreign direct investment by reducing risks associated with uncertainties regarding the outcome of the referendum on self-determination at the end of the Interim Period, (d) persons enjoying rights in land, shall be consulted and their views shall duly be taken into account in respect of decisions to develop subterranean natural resources from the area in which they have rights. They shall share in the benefits of that development, (e) persons enjoying rights in land are entitled to equitable compensation on just terms arising from acquisition or development of land for the extraction of subterranean natural resources from the area in respect of which they have rights, (f) the communities in whose areas development of subterranean natural resources occurs have the right to participate, through their respective states, in the negotiation of contracts for the development of those resources, (g) regardless of the contention over the ownership of land and associated natural resources, there shall be a framework for the regulation and management of petroleum development in the Sudan during the Interim Period. National Petroleum Commission 191 (1) An independent National Petroleum Commission shall be established and its decision shall be by consensus. (2) The National Petroleum Commission shall be constituted as follows:(a) the President of the Republic and President of Government of Southern Sudan as co-chairs, (b) four permanent members representing the National Government, (c) four permanent members representing the Government of Southern Sudan, 79