Nairobi, April 27 -- African countries are pushing for a platform at the United Nations that would provide them an opportunity to discuss global tax rules on an equal footing.

The tax rules would enable them to address issues such as tax avoidance, double taxation, tax evasion, and illicit financial flows.

Last September during the United Nations General Assembly, developing countries pushed for the inclusion of the United Nations Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation.

The UNFCITC is a proposed new legal instrument intended to better coordinate international tax policy.

The UN tax framework aims at making international tax cooperation fully inclusive and more effective.

"This Convention is a fight for developing count...