A million refugees urgently need shelter, food and water
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14 May 2012
International humanitarian agency Oxfam welcomes the unprecedented stance taken by EU Foreign Ministers, meeting in Brussels today, which strongly criticizes Israeli government policies towards ‘Area...
14 May 2012
EU Development Ministers, meeting today in Brussels, gave the green light to SHARE - a new European initiative to boost the prevention of hunger and famine in the Horn of Africa. Leading NGO agencies...
10 May 2012
The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, has appointed President Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia, President Yudhoyono of Indonesia and Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom...
2 May 2012
Surendrini Wijeyaratne, Humanitarian Advisor for Oxfam said: "Oxfam was alarmed by the fighting and remain deeply concerned about the situation and hope this sends a strong message to all...
26 April 2012
Luxemburg has a larger calculated quota share than Argentina and South Africa at the IMF, not a larger voice, as we said in our statement of 21 April. A member’s voting power at the IMF is largely,...
26 April 2012
In response to the Royal Society’s report, People and the Planet, launching today, OxfamGB’s Chief Executive Barbara Stocking said:
“The Royal Society rightly points out that it is dangerously...
21 April 2012
Jim Yong Kim and the MDGsOxfam Elizabeth Stuart said:“Huge efforts have been to taken to lift people out of poverty, but hundreds of millions are still left behind. “Under Dr Kim the World Bank...
21 April 2012
Oxfam spokesperson Elizabeth Stuart said: “Emerging economies are bailing out Europe, but Europe won’t make room at the IMF’s decision-making table. It’s outrageous that a country like Luxemburg has...
20 April 2012
Oxfam spokesperson Elizabeth Stuart said: "Emerging economies have kept their part of the bargain by giving the IMF the money it asked for, and Europe needs make room at the decision-making table in...
20 April 2012
Oxfam spokesperson Sasanka Thilakasiri said: “According to the GMR, food price spikes in 2011 alone plunged 44 million more people into poverty. “It’s very difficult for poor people to adjust to food...