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Oxfam reaction to Ban Ki-moon's visit to Goma

23 May 2013
 As UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and other high level officials visit Goma today, Joanna Trevor of Oxfam in DRC, said:"Thousands of people are again homeless after a new explosion in...
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Oxfam reaction to EU leaders’ timid ambition to clamp down on tax dodging

22 May 2013
European leaders failed today to meet the expectations they had raised of cracking down on tax dodging at a summit in Brussels. In reaction, Catherine Olier, Oxfam’s EU Policy Adviser, said: “EU...
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Keynote speech by World Bank President Dr Jim Yong Kim, at the World Health Assembly

21 May 2013
Oxfam's Senior Health Policy Advisor Dr Mohga Kamal Yanni said: "The World Bank is becoming a major champion on Universal Health Coverage and we applaud President Kim's leadership on this issue....
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Oxfam reaction to Mali donors’ conference

15 May 2013
In reaction to today’s international donors’ conference for the reconstruction of Mali [May 15, 2013], in Brussels, Marietou Diaby, Oxfam’s Country Director, said: "These generous pledges to help...
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EU Finance Ministers fail to take bold stance on tax dodging

14 May 2013
Meeting today in Brussels, European Finance Ministers failed to take bold action against tax evasion and avoidance, leaving a great deal still to be achieved at next week’s EU leaders’ summit. While...
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EU still fooling itself on climate finance as Ministers fail to boost funding

14 May 2013
Oxfam warned EU Finance Ministers, who hailed Europe’s success in meeting its Copenhagen climate finance commitments at a meeting in Brussels today, used clever accounting to make up the figures....
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Oxfam reaction to Africa Progress Panel Report 2013: Equity in Extractives

10 May 2013
Oxfam International Executive Director Winnie Byanyima said: “Oxfam welcomes this high-level push for transparency and accountability in the oil and mining sector. “As the report highlights, Africa’s...
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Somalia Conference in London: more guns will not bring peace

8 May 2013
Regarding the Somalia Conference in London, Oxfam says: "For lasting peace in Somalia, there needs to be a combination of stability and economic development. More guns will not bring peace to Somalia...
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Reaction to the close of UN climate talks in Bonn, Germany

3 May 2013
On the shape of the new 2015 climate agreement being negotiated this week, Tracy Carty, Oxfam Climate Change Policy Adviser, said: “Countries can’t just set goals on their own – this is a recipe for...
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FEWSNET report: 260,000 people died in the Somalia famine

2 May 2013
Responding to Thursday's FEWSNET report that estimates 260,000 people died in the Somalia 2010/11 famine, Oxfam's Country Director for Somalia, Senait Gebregziabher said: "Famines are not natural...
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