As the negotiations of Terms of Reference for a new United Nations Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation move forward, over 170 organisations and trade unions have responded to a consultation and made a joint submission to the Chair of the negotiations, specifying the key points that we expect the Convention to deliver on. Read the joint submission below and see the full list of submissions from governments and other actors here.

The next stage of the negotiations will be the first substantial round of intergovernmental negotiations, which will take place from 26 April to 8 May at the UN Headquarters in New York. At that session, governments will discuss the content of the Terms of Reference, which they are committed to finalising by the end of August 2024. Civil society organisations and trade unions are invited to participate in the negotiations, and the deadline for registering to participate is 30 March 2024 (for organisations without ECOSOC status) and 5 April 2024 (for organisations with ECOSOC status). 

For more information, see the UN website here. 

For the kind attention of:
Mr. Ramy Youseff, Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee to Draft Terms of Reference for a
United Nations Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation
Cc: Permanent Representatives and Observers to the UN in New York

15 March 2024

Subject: Joint civil society and trade unions submission in response to the call for inputs
to the work of the Ad Hoc Committee to Draft Terms of Reference for a United Nations
Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation

Your Excellency,

We, the undersigned over 175 civil society organizations and trade unions, strongly welcome the UNGA Resolution 78/230, including the work to develop a UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation (FCITC). Furthermore, we appreciate the opportunity to submit inputs to the work of the Ad Hoc Committee to Draft Terms of Reference for a United Nations Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation (‘the Committee’).

Please find below a joint submission on behalf of the Civil Society FfD Mechanism and all of the undersigned organizations and trade unions. The submission was coordinated by the Global Alliance for Tax Justice (GATJ), which facilitates the CS FfD Mechanism’s Tax Justice Workstream with the support of one its members, the European Network on Debt and Development (Eurodad). GATJ is a Southern-led global coalition in the tax justice movement.

We remain at your disposal if you would like to receive more information, or would be very happy to meet to discuss this issue further.

Yours sincerely,
Civil Society Financing for Development Mechanism (www.csoforffd.org)

Dowload the full submission including the list of signatories here.