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The FfD Chronicle

Welcome to “The FfD Chronicle.”

It is the civil society newsletter published daily at specific spaces including FfD 2023 Forum, the 2024 FfD UN Tax Convention process, and others. It reflects the CS FfD Mechanism’s perspective, positions and critiques on the FfD process and it's interrelated domains.

Follow the newsletter as we keep a watchful eye on governments and demand the transparency and accountability needed to build a more just and equitable world!

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December 7, 2024

Issue 30: FfD4 needs to deliver once and for all a UN Framework Convention on Sovereign Debt

The ’wait and see’ game is mortgaging the lives of the most vulnerable at a time when uncertainty reigns supreme. A UN Framework Convention on Debt brings a certain level of predictability in handling debt restructuring. It further offers a hope that multilateralism, in the face of poly-crisis, is still alive and kicking!

December 6, 2024

Issue 29: FfD4 should fully endorse the TOR for the UN Tax Convention

The role of FfD4 must be to help the UN Tax Convention process forward – not pull it backwards.

December 4, 2024

Issue 28: Champions step up as 2nd FfD4 PrepCom Session Begins

As the second Preparatory Committee Session for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) kicks off, we celebrate the champions who are calling for real ambition and action. These governments are driving forward bold calls and commitments to elevate the FfD4 agenda. The FfD Chronicle commends these calls and encourage others to join in, amplifying support for these calls to ensure impactful outcomes at FfD4.

August 17, 2024

FfD Collectors Edition

Chronicling the Negotiations of the UN Tax Convention Terms of Reference

August 14, 2024

The FfD Chronicle Issue #27

National sovereignty of States can only be effectively protected if there is international cooperation and a related obligation of States to take responsibility for domestic policies or practices which have significant transboundary spillover effects on other States.

The FfD Chronicle Issue #26

Upholding a transparent negotiation process is key to ensuring an ambitious outcome: The presence of civil society ensures there is accountability for member states’ positions. This is especially important in a process made to ensure effective taxation of rich corporations and individuals

The FfD Chronicle Issue #25

Yesterday’s discussion about para 10 on “Substantive elements” (i.e. Commitments) revealed that we have a high number of procrastinators in the room. Negotiators were eager to leave “flexibility for the future committee”, despite the obvious fact that this mysterious “next committee” will in fact be the very same people meeting in 2025 to negotiate the Convention.

The FfD Chronicle Issue #24

If there is one set of binding norms that calls on states to cooperate internationally in tax matters, it is international human rights law. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights guarantees everyone a social and international order favorable to realizing their rights.

The FfD Chronicle Issue #23

As we begin week 2 of the negotiations of the TOR of the UN Tax Convention in NY, we present the Civil Society check-list for the Terms of Reference.

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