Nigeria Files Resolution to Work Toward UN Global Tax Convention

Nigeria filed a draft resolution calling for the United Nations to create an international tax convention, the next step toward the organization potentially assuming a greater role in global tax cooperation.

A UN convention “is needed in order to strengthen international tax cooperation and make it fully inclusive and more effective,” according to the resolution, which Nigeria filed Oct. 11 on behalf of the UN’s Africa Group of nations and publicly released Tuesday.

The resolution would create a 10-member ad hoc intergovernmental committee, led by member states, that would work on setting up the convention. The aim is ...