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Media reactions

Oxfam welcomes Gilead’s historic decision to make HIV drugs accessible to poor

12 July 2011
Oxfam today praised the Medicine Patent Pool (MPP) for securing the first licenses for HIV medicines with the pharmaceutical company Gilead, a move that will boost the affordability and effectiveness...
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A new UN Mission for South Sudan: UNMISS

8 July 2011
Oxfam reaction to UN Security Council’s Resolution on the new Peace Keeping Mission Kirsten Hagon, Head of Oxfam's Office in New York said:“While the Council’s commitment to South Sudan, especially...
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World food prices near record high: Oxfam reaction

7 July 2011
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has just published its food price index which shows a sharp rise in June, after a steep increase in the price of sugar.Thierry Kesteloot, Oxfam food...
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DFID announces new aid for Ethiopia food crisis

4 July 2011
In reaction to DFID's statement today announcing new aid for Ethiopia for the food crisis: Jane Cocking, Oxfam’s Humanitarian Director said: “Oxfam welcomes the UK government's announcement and the...
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Oxfam and CIDSE welcome EU FTT plan but the money must go to tackle poverty

30 June 2011
The European Commission proposed today an EU-wide Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) to fund its next long-term budget (2014-2020) partly through own resources. International development NGOs Oxfam and...
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Oxfam has called for the public release of the transcript of Christine Lagarde’s interview with the IMF Board

28 June 2011
Oxfam’s Sarah Wynn-Williams said: “This farcical appointment process has damaged the IMF’s credibility. There were noises made about openness, but the decision was made before the candidates were...
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FAO elects new Director General

27 June 2011
Responding to the election of José Graziano da Silva as Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Luca Chinotti, policy advisor for Oxfam’s GROW campaign said:  “Oxfam...
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Oxfam slams G20's sticking plaster approach to global food price crisis

23 June 2011
The G20's sticking plaster approach falls well short of the major surgery that is needed to tackle the global food price crisis said Oxfam at the close of the Agriculture Ministers Meeting in Paris...
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Oxfam reaction to European Commission President Barroso’s statement on an EU tax on the financial sector

22 June 2011
Responding to President José Manuel Barroso's statement ahead of European Council meeting on 23/24 June that the European Commission will press ahead with plans for a unilateral tax on the...
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Climate talks close in Bonn

17 June 2011
As the latest United Nations climate change negotiations being held in Bonn, drew to a close today, Tim Gore, Oxfam's climate change policy advisor said; "The Green Climate Fund established in Cancun...
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