Financial Transparency Coalition

Statement by Mr. Håkon Golbrandsen, the Norwegian State Secretary for International Development, at the United Nations Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development in New York.

A June 2009 Norwegian Commission on Capital Flight from Developing Countries report on illicit financial flows from developing countries and tax havens and put forward recommendations for reform efforts to be considered by the Norwegian Government.

A June 2009 Norwegian Commission on Capital Flight from Developing Countries report on illicit financial flows from developing countries and tax havens and put forward recommendations for reform efforts to be considered by the Norwegian Government.

The Swiss government said Wednesday it has agreed to revise existing pacts with Norway on double taxation, a move triggered by recent concessions made by Switzerland on banking secrecy.