Joint submission on behalf of the Civil Society FfD Mechanism and 176 signatories

The Civil Society Financing for Development (FfD) Mechanism joins members of the Global Alliance for Tax Justice (GATJ) in calling on Countries to Continue Championing the Historic UN Tax Convention Process. This Monday, after a morning of countries committing to international tax cooperation, the U.S. walked out of the UN Tax Convention negotiations. With or without the participation of the U.S., the historic negotiations to fix the broken global tax rules will move forward.

The Civil Society Financing for Development (FfD) Mechanism joins members of the Global Alliance for Tax Justice (GATJ) in celebrating the historic outcome of today’s vote and acknowledge the leadership role of the African Group in promoting the reform process of the global tax system in the United Nations on equal footing.

In a historic step forward in the fight for a fair and effective international tax system, States have overwhelmingly voted to adopt the terms of reference for the UN Tax Convention, the mandate for the new global tax rules. The vote took place on Friday 16 August at the UN Headquarters in New York.