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Oxfam reaction to EU Finance Ministers’ talks on climate finance for the world’s poor

15 May 2012
At the start of the latest round of UN climate talks in Bonn, EU Finance Ministers today debated the state of play of Europe’s commitment to help fight climate change in developing countries. Lies...
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Oxfam welcomes Europe’s unprecedented criticism of the Israeli Government’s West Bank policies

14 May 2012
International humanitarian agency Oxfam welcomes the unprecedented stance taken by EU Foreign Ministers, meeting in Brussels today, which strongly criticizes Israeli government policies towards ‘Area...
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Oxfam & ONE welcome EU initiative to prevent yet another crisis in the Horn of Africa

14 May 2012
EU Development Ministers, meeting today in Brussels, gave the green light to SHARE - a new European initiative to boost the prevention of hunger and famine in the Horn of Africa. Leading NGO agencies...
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New UN high level panel on post-Millennium Development Goals

10 May 2012
The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, has appointed President Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia, President Yudhoyono of Indonesia and Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom...
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Oxfam reaction on South Sudan / Sudan resolution at the UN Security Council

2 May 2012
Surendrini Wijeyaratne, Humanitarian Advisor for Oxfam said:  "Oxfam was alarmed by the fighting and remain deeply concerned about the situation and hope this sends a strong message to all...
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Correction: IMF quota share

26 April 2012
Luxemburg has a larger calculated quota share than Argentina and South Africa at the IMF, not a larger voice, as we said in our statement of 21 April. A member’s voting power at the IMF is largely,...
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Oxfam's response to the Royal Society’s report, People and the Planet

26 April 2012
In response to the Royal Society’s report, People and the Planet, launching today, OxfamGB’s Chief Executive Barbara Stocking said: “The Royal Society rightly points out that it is dangerously...
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Reaction: IMF-World Bank Development Committee

21 April 2012
Jim Yong Kim and the MDGsOxfam Elizabeth Stuart said:“Huge efforts have been to taken to lift people out of poverty, but hundreds of millions are still left behind. “Under Dr Kim the World Bank...
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Oxfam verdict on the IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings 2012

21 April 2012
Oxfam spokesperson Elizabeth Stuart said: “Emerging economies are bailing out Europe, but Europe won’t make room at the IMF’s decision-making table. It’s outrageous that a country like Luxemburg has...
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IMF and G20 Finance Ministers on IMF Resources

20 April 2012
Oxfam spokesperson Elizabeth Stuart said: "Emerging economies have kept their part of the bargain by giving the IMF the money it asked for, and Europe needs make room at the decision-making table in...
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