- UNFCITC's second protocol's tools on dispute prevention like joint audits have huge potential to reduce TIFFs
- UNFCITC's Conference of Parties will play a central role in ensuring effectiveness and must be well designed.
- UNFCITC must also include an effective monitoring mechanism so progress on reducing TIFFs can be measured
- Public Country by Country Reporting (pCBCR) of tax paid is a key component of the fight against TIFFs and the South Centre is taking various actions to promote pCBCR
Key points:
- The UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation (UNFCITC) must include tax avoidance in the definition of tax-related illicit financial flows (TIFFs)
The @South_Centre's Abdul Muheet Chowdhary @abdulmc spoke at the United Nations 27th Session of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Right to Development on a panel discussion on tax-related illicit financial flows and the right to development.
... persistent gaps in digital infrastructure, skills, and regulatory frameworks. See our intervention at the Seminar “Promoting Trade in Services to Advance Global Development Cooperation”: https://t.co/z3lhiD5Rkk
With world services exports surpassing 9.5 trillion USD in 2025, we are living through a boom of trade in services largely supported by the growing use of digital technologies. But many developing countries risk being left behind due to ...
We were pleased to meet H.E. Dr. José Sánchez-Fung, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Dominican Republic to the WTO and UNCTAD, and to discuss priority areas, including trade, intellectual property and taxation, for further cooperation with the Dominican Republic.
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El Emb. Dr. José R. Sánchez-Fung @MIREXRD 🇩🇴 se reunió en Ginebra con el Dr. Carlos Correa, dir. ejecutivo del Centro Sur, para discutir sobre su agenda y el aporte a políticas públicas en RD, incl. fiscal. Participó también el consejero A. Linares-Villegas.
#DiplomaciaRD #OMC #UNCTAD
- update on the negotiations to find a solution through the Service Protocol of the UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation
Presentation here:
https://t.co/EE7BsJfK8R
Recording here:
https://t.co/cJLYfb1ct3
The @South_Centre's Abdul Muheet Chowdhary spoke at @UNCTAD's 9th Session of the Intergovernmental Group of Experts on e-commerce & the digital economy on:
- the core problems in applying income taxes on the digital economy
- national measures taken by South Centre Member States
... for national sovereignty. See the intervention by Dr. Carlos Correa, Executive Director, @South_Centre under the theme 'Jointly build peace, stability, and development for a new win-win future', at the Global South Media and Think Tank Forum, Cairo, Egypt, May 12-23, 2026:
The need to jointly build peace, stability & development for a win-win future is both timeless & urgent. The recent military aggression against countries of the Global South represents a major setback for decades of diplomatic work towards a peaceful coexistence & respect ...
ICRICT welcomes the Dominican Republic's presidency of #PTLAC as @UN tax convention negotiations advance.
Regional coordination is key to ensure the emerging global tax architecture reflects Latin America & the Caribbean’s priorities.
Read our statement: https://t.co/QZuSDe5aMk
Traditional Knowledge is often commercially exploited without the consent of their holders, benefit sharing & due recognition of its source. Effective international legal protection is needed. However, developed countries continue to block progress towards ...
We welcome & are honored by the appointment as Board member of the @South_Centre of Amb. CHEN Xu, former Permanent Representative of China to the UN Geneva & current President of the China Public Diplomacy Association.
https://t.co/d0XJ0ESz5X
This document is part of a series of publications made in commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the @South_Centre. It examines the Centre's role in contributing to shape intellectual property (IP) policies to promote equitable development.
In our statement at the side event of the International Day of Multilateralism & Diplomacy for Peace organized by the Group of Friends in Defense of the @UN Charter, we emphasized that the current disenchantment with the multilateral system should not discourage efforts to ...