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14 June 2013
At the close of the UN Climate Change talks in Bonn, Germany, Oxfam Climate Change Policy Adviser Jan Kowalzig said:
“Some progress was made toward the climate treaty to be adopted in 2015, but all-...
12 June 2013
12 June 2013 - Oxfam welcomed the Prime Minister’s announcement today that Canada will require mandatory disclosure of payments to governments by mining, oil and gas companies. Such transparency is...
12 June 2013
Oxfam welcomes today’s European Parliament vote in favor of legislation which will oblige EU-listed and non-listed big oil, gas, mining and logging companies to declare payments they make in resource...
11 June 2013
The poorest nations in the world succeeded in securing a deal to extend the transition period on the implementation of Trade Related Aspects on Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) by eight more...
10 June 2013
In response to the New Alliance meeting prior to the G8 Summit later this month, Oxfam’s Economic Justice Adviser Hannah Stoddart said:
"The New Alliance as it stands is not the answer to decades of...
7 June 2013
In response to the G8’s Accountability Report, which records the G8’s progress in meeting its promises, Oxfam’s G8 campaign lead Adam Musgrave said:
“Oxfam welcomes the G8’s ambition to be...
6 June 2013
International agency Oxfam urged governments to fund generously the UN’s appeal for the Syrian crisis both for work within Syria and for work in neighboring countries sheltering refugees.
“We are...
3 June 2013
In reaction to 62 states signing the Arms Trade Treaty today at the United Nations in New York, Anna Macdonald, Head of Arms Control, Oxfam said:
"More than 60 states today signed the groundbreaking...
28 May 2013
EU Foreign Ministers failed last night to extend the EU arms embargo on Syria as it stands. They decided, however, not to lift it before August 1st and set a number of conditions.
In reaction, Oxfam’...
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...