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Leading development NGOs urge EU leaders to act on Pakistan, the world’s biggest humanitarian disaster right now

15 September 2010

International development organizations Oxfam, Plan, Eurodad and Concern Worldwide called today on EU leaders, meeting tomorrow for the first time to examine Europe’s role as a global power, to shift gear in their response to Pakistan.
Drop in number of hungry people is more due to luck than good policy

14 September 2010

The world can halve global hunger within five years says a new Oxfam report launched today. The launch of the report coincides with an announcement by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization that the number of hungry people worldwide has dropped to 925 million in the past year.
Europeans continue to support overseas aid despite economic crisis

13 September 2010

A special Eurobarometer report on development aid and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), published today by the European Commission, reveals that 9 out of 10 Europeans express steadfast support for overseas aid despite the economic recession in Europe.
Award winning photographer Alixandra Fazzina chronicles Ramadan during the Pakistan floods

13 September 2010

Award winning photographer Alixandra Fazzina has recently travelled to some of the worst hit areas in Pakistan where she saw first hand the devastation caused by the floods. She photographed families in Pakistan and in the UK to document how they were spending the holy month of Ramadan.
Clock is ticking, time to put words into action on the MDGs

9 September 2010

In response to a draft United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Outcome Document circulating today, Oxfam urges the UN to turn reams of nice words into an action agenda that genuinely delivers on fighting poverty.
Oxfam warns of severe health crisis in Pakistan as flood funding stalls

9 September 2010

Oxfam today warned of a public health catastrophe in flood-hit Pakistan. While funding had stalled in recent weeks, the number of cases of reported disease, numbers of people displaced, and numbers of people affected by the floods continue to rise each day.
Oxfam reaction to Barroso’s extra €1 billion package for MDGs and EU Finance Ministers’ lack of action on bank taxation

8 September 2010

European Commission President José Manuel Barroso promised today he would announce an extra €1 billion for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) at a major UN summit in New York later this month.
Congo: Oxfam response to UN meeting on the investigation into Luvungi mass rape

7 September 2010

Marcel Stoessel, Country Director of Oxfam in the Democratic Republic of the Congo said:
Growing coalition urges EU finance ministers to move on a Financial Transaction Tax

7 September 2010

A broad coalition of NGOs, political organizations and trade unions today (7 September), called on EU Finance Ministers to recognize the merits of an European-wide Financial Transaction Tax (FTT), particularly as austerity measures begin to be felt throughout the EU.
Climate finance needs more transparency

3 September 2010

Oxfam welcomed the launch of a new website by the Dutch Minister of the Environment today (faststartfinance.org) which aims to collect and present details about climate finance pledges from developed countries.

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Leading development NGOs urge EU leaders to act on Pakistan, the world’s biggest humanitarian disaster right now

Drop in number of hungry people is more due to luck than good policy

Europeans continue to support overseas aid despite economic crisis

Award winning photographer Alixandra Fazzina chronicles Ramadan during the Pakistan floods

Clock is ticking, time to put words into action on the MDGs

Oxfam warns of severe health crisis in Pakistan as flood funding stalls

Oxfam reaction to Barroso’s extra €1 billion package for MDGs and EU Finance Ministers’ lack of action on bank taxation

Congo: Oxfam response to UN meeting on the investigation into Luvungi mass rape

Growing coalition urges EU finance ministers to move on a Financial Transaction Tax

Climate finance needs more transparency