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Oxfam reaction to Italy's apparent failure to meet climate change pledges to world's poorest

17 November 2010
Claims today have surfaced that Europe will fall €200 million short of its previous pledge to raise €2.4bn to help poor countries cope with climate change in 2010, and by as much as €357 million over...
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Oxfam Doubles Cholera Response in Haiti

16 November 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE - International agency Oxfam has doubled its cholera response since the first cases were confirmed in October in Haiti. Oxfam's water, sanitation and hygiene education programs are now...
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Reaction to development part of G20 communique

12 November 2010
About Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) and innovative financing for development   Luc Lampriere of Oxfam International said: “We are pleased that France, as the next G20 chair, has been mandated...
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Oxfam reaction to B20 leaders' proposals on climate change

11 November 2010
Reacting to business leaders’ proposals on climate change, Jeremy Hobbs, Executive Director of Oxfam International said: “Unlike the G20, the B20 get the urgency of climate change. If we all are to...
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Oxfam reaction: IMF governance reform deal

5 November 2010
The International Monetary Fund has announced that its Executive Board has approved a package of governance reforms intended to give emerging economies a bigger say in the institution.Oxfam...
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Cholera outbreak in Haiti: Oxfam to reach 40,000

26 October 2010
Oxfam’s Water and Sanitation advisor Raphael Mutiku said:“Medical care and hospitals are well set up and we’re really getting a foothold against this disease. There is still a huge amount of work to...
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Haiti: Oxfam responds to cholera crisis - Aid agency already reaching 25,000

24 October 2010
Oxfam's health advisor Raphael Mutiku said:  "We are obviously concerned about the spread of cholera to Port-au-Prince. However, earthquake victims living in and around the capital...
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Oxfam reaction to Friends of Democratic Pakistan meeting

15 October 2010
  Consuelo Lopez-Zuriaga, Oxfam Head of Humanitarian Campaigns, said,  "The Friends of Democratic Pakistan seem to have forgotten what true friendship is all about at a time when flood-hit...
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Oxfam reaction following outcome of Committee for World Food Security discussion on land grabbing

13 October 2010
Rome:Duncan Pruett: Oxfam policy advisor on land“Good ideas have been put forward, but the question remains whether UN member states will take responsibility for turning these proposals into actions...
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Oxfam verdict on the International Monetary Fund, World Bank Annual Meetings

9 October 2010
Oxfam spokesperson Mark Fried said:   “Thousands of people have flown in from all over the world for these meetings, and there’s been no movement on any issues of significance. There’s been a...
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