Press releases

Millions more Ethiopians going hungry as aid effort stalls

Elena Cornellana — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:52:25 +0100

The number of Ethiopians needing emergency assistance has leapt by 40 percent from 4.6 million to 6.4 million people since June, according to latest official figures from the United

EU member states should follow the Parliament’s lead and reduce role for biofuels

Noirfatom — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:53:03 +0100

EU member states must follow the Parliament’s lead and oppose the European Commission’s proposal to boost the use of biofuels in transport fuels to 10% by 2020, as part o

Irresponsible arms transfers wrecking attempts to reduce poverty

Noirfatom — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:25:14 +0100

Global commitments to reduce poverty and improve lives cannot be reached unless the international community makes urgent progress towards controlling the arms trade, according to a n

European Parliament recognizes the need to support developing countries in their fight against climate change

Elena Cornellana — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:16:38 +0100

Oxfam welcomed today’s vote by the European Parliament’s Environment Committee on the ETS Directive to use 50% of the auctioning revenues generated from the emission perm

Statement by 52 non-governmental organisations working in Somalia on the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian crisis

Elena Cornellana — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:19:00 +0100

We, the undersigned NGOs, are extremely concerned about the devastating humanitarian crisis in Somalia.

the World Bank and IMF must keep focus on tackling the food and climate crises for world’s poorest people

Noirfatom — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:02:09 +0100

Washington DC: The World Bank and the IMF must cushion developing countries from the financial crisis that is threatening to hit them hard, while also tackling the challenges of food and fu

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Millennium Development Goals: bold leadership needed to turn tide of poverty

admin — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:31:30 +0100

Ahead of a crucial meeting in New York next week to assess the state of the world’s fight against global poverty, international agency Oxfam called on world leaders to redouble
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Preventing atrocities: the real test of new world order

Joel M Bassuk — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:26:04 +0100

The major shift in global power provides an opportunity to protect all civilians from genocide and other atrocities, said international agency Oxfam in a new report published today.<
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Renewed fighting displaces 100,000 more civilians in Eastern Congo

Joel M Bassuk — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:14:21 +0100

Renewed combat in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has caused a drastic deterioration in the humanitarian situation and immense suffering for civilians, the Congo Advocacy Coalit
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Middle East Quartet is failing, warn aid agencies

Joel M Bassuk — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:43:25 +0100

The Middle East Quartet (EU, Russia, UN, USA) is failing - making inadequate progress towards improving the lives of Palestinians nor improving the prospects for peace – accord
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