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The Minister of State, Minister of Justice and Keeper of the Seals and the Minister of Finance, Considering the Constitution, as amended and supplemented to date by Law No. 11/002 of January 20, 2011 revising certain provisions of the Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Congo of February 18, 2006, especially in its article 93; Having regard to the Uniform Act relating to general commercial law; Considering the Uniform Act relating to the Law of commercial companies and economic interest groups; Having regard to Ordinance-Law No. 12-356 of November 6, 1957 relating to the issuance of documents, certificates and the legalization of signatures;

UN countries today overwhelmingly adopted a resolution to begin the process of establishing a framework convention on taxes and completely change the way global tax rules are decided. The framework convention could eventually transfer decision-making on global tax rules from the OECD – a small club of rich countries where it has sat for more than 60 years – to the UN. “This is a historic victory won by the countries of the South, for the benefit of people around the world. Tax havens and corporate lobbyists have had too much influence on OECD global tax policy for too long.