A million refugees urgently need shelter, food and water
Media reactions
5 April 2012
Oxfam’s food policy adviser Thierry Kesteloot said: “Despite the seemingly perfect combination of record harvests, supply exceeding demand and replenished world food stocks, food prices remain...
4 April 2012
Eric Mamboue Oxfam Country director in Mali said:
“We are extremely concerned by the triple crisis – political, security and humanitarian – currently taking place simultaneously in Mali. Some 3.5...
30 March 2012
With interviews to select a new president of the World Bank starting soon [April 9-11], a global coalition of campaigners have called on the World Bank's executive directors to ensure that as part of...
23 March 2012
Oxfam's Elizabeth Stuart said:
It's good to see genuine debate about getting credible, legitimate leadership at the World Bank. This is a field of eminently qualified candidates.
It’s time for...
23 February 2012
Barbara Stocking, Chief Executive Oxfam said: "While we recognize the huge efforts of the UK Government to make the conference a success, what we had hoped for was a recognition that 20 years of...
21 February 2012
Joint Media Reaction by Oxfam, CAN Europe, APRODEV, CIDSE
[Brussels, February 21, 2012] – NGOs welcome the renewed resolve expressed by European Union Finance Ministers today [1] to help developing...
15 February 2012
Oxfam today welcomed a joint statement made by UN agencies, the European Union and USAID issuing a concerted call for action to meet the humanitarian needs of over 11 million people in the Sahel, as...
3 February 2012
The FSNAU has announced that the famine status in Somalia has ended. What does Oxfam think of this?
“125,000 children no longer face severe malnutrition – thanks largely to the efforts of the Somalis...
30 January 2012
In response to the High-level Panel on Global Sustainability report presented to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in Addis Ababa today, Sarah Best of Oxfam said: "The Panel's report is a welcome...
27 January 2012
Tomorrow, 28th January, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria will celebrate its 10 year anniversary.
Oxfam is warning that the Fund, which saves 4,000 lives a day, could save...