High Level Political Forum Ministerial Dialogue: Josefa Gigi Francisco’s Intervention

SDGs must adopt country-by-country reporting standards for all transnational corporations, expand and strengthen UNCTAD’s principles for lending and borrowing to cover private investment and agree on binding corporate accountability rules as decided by the HRC on June 26, 2014, including sharing of risks and returns in public-private partnerships, and finally, on tax evasion and avoidance, convert the UN Committee of Experts on International Tax Cooperation into an intergovernmental body.

Read Josefa Gigi Francisco’s (DAWN) combined statement presented on behalf of the Women’s Major Group at the Second meeting of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development held on New York, from 30 June 2014- 9 July 2014.

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