SYRIA CRISIS APPEAL

Media reactions

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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Oxfam reaction: G24

8 October 2010
Oxfam spokesperson Elizabeth Stuart said: IMF reform "IMF governance reform should not be held hostage to the fight over exchange rates. Emerging markets need their rightful place at the table...
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Oxfam welcomes European Commission paper on taxing the financial sector

7 October 2010
Elise Ford, Head of Oxfam’s EU office, said: “Today marks a real turning point, a victory for people over profits. It’s really good news that the European Commission wants to push for a tax on...
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IMF board chair controversy: NGO reaction to European Union proposal

1 October 2010
The European Union, which holds eight seats out of twenty four on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) board, has made an offer to rotate some of their IMF board seats with middle-income countries,...
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Governments give promising signal to acknowledge shipping industry role in climate change

1 October 2010
As the meeting of the International Maritime Organization held in London this week draws to a close Oxfam's EU Climate Change Policy Advisor Tim Gore said: "Governments have given a promising...
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Mexico: Initial reaction from Oxfam on the Oaxaca mudslides

28 September 2010
Silvia Mancilla, Spokesperson of Oxfam Mexico said: "It's hard to get precise information at this stage on the number of people that are missing. The local government sent rescue teams in the morning...
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