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Oxfam Reaction to New Arms Trade Treaty Text: The historic treaty we need is within reach

26 July 2012
New York City,  8.30pm EST Time, 26 July 2012 Anna MacDonald of Oxfam said:“There have been some improvements since the last text and the historic treaty we need is within reach.“A major problem...
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Campaigners Reaction to Draft Arms Trade Treaty Text

24 July 2012
Reaction from the International Committeof the Red Cross Peter Herby , Head Arms Unit, Legal Division, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) (ICRC is not a Member of the Control Arms...
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EU statements not helping to halt Israeli settlements

24 July 2012
The annual EU-Israel Association Council meeting, the highest political forum between both sides, took place in Brussels today. In reaction to the outcomes of the meeting, Jeremy Hobbs, Oxfam...
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Oxfam welcomes Jim Kim's AIDS conference pledge to fight AIDS by building health systems for the poor

22 July 2012
In reaction to remarks today by new World Bank President Jim Yong Kim at the International AIDS Conference in Washington, DC, Oxfam spokesperson Dr. Mohga Kamal-Yanni said: "President Kim's pledge to...
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World Bank President Jim Kim's speech at Brookings Institution

18 July 2012
Reacting to remarks by new World Bank President Jim Yong Kim at the Brookings Institution in Washington today, Oxfam spokesperson Elizabeth Stuart said:  “Jim Kim points out that the Euro crisis...
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Arms Trade Treaty negotiations moved behind closed doors

9 July 2012
Anna MacDonald Oxfam's Head of Control Arms Campaign“The arms trade is often a shadowy business with arms deals being conducted in isolation, behind closed doors. The Arms Trade Treaty is attempting...
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Oxfam reaction to Tokyo Conference: Continued support to Afghanistan welcomed, but development gains still at risk

9 July 2012
Oxfam Afghanistan's head of policy and advocacy, Louise Hancock, said: "The commitment to give $4bn a year until 2015 and to continue to support Afghanistan at a similar level until 2017 is vital and...
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Landslide majority of EU parliamentarians scrap controversial ACTA treaty

4 July 2012
Oxfam strongly welcomes the European Parliament’s vote against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) by a majority of 478 votes out of 682. ACTA would have posed a serious threat to poor...
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Control Arms reaction to delay in Arms Trade Treaty Talks

3 July 2012
In reaction to the delay in Arms Trade Treaty Talks, Jeff Abramson, Director of the Secretariat of the Control Arms Coalition said: “While demands of the Palestinian people for state recognition is...
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Oxfam final statement on Rio+20: Rio will go down as the hoax summit

25 June 2012
Speaking at the end of the Rio+20 UN Summit on Sustainable Development, Barbara Stocking, Chief Executive, Oxfam GB said: On the verdict “Rio will go down as the hoax summit. They came, they talked,...
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