The Washington-based International Tax and Investment Center (ITIC) presented its first Global Tax Leadership Award to Kazakhstan on April 10. \"Kazakhstan\'s bold step in being the first CIS country to establish a unified tax code demonstrated unparalleled global tax leadership in 1995 and was followed by states throughout the CIS and eastern and central Europe,\" said Professor Charles E. McLure, Jr., ITIC Economic Advisor and head of the Award selection committee.This award is periodically presented to an individual or a country that have made significant achievements in advancing pro-investment tax reform. The first two ITIC Global Tax Leadership Awards were presented on April 10 at the Second CIS Intergovernmental Fiscal Conference in Dubai. The first Awards were presented to the Government of Kazakhstan and Sergey Shatalov, Russian Deputy Minister of Finance. The award for Kazakhstan was accepted by Deputy Chairman of the Tax Committee of the Ministry of Finance Ussenova. (ANI)