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Oxfam says it is shameful that the United States has once again used the veto to block consensus on a life-saving ceasefire

Oxfam welcomes today’s adoption of the Global Compact for Migration (GCM) as an historic moment. Governments have finally recognized in a formal way that migrants too have fundamental human rights that countries must observe in all their policies and practices. This is a significant achievement.

A framework for peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo will fail to end the suffering of millions of peopleunless concrete actions are taken.

The support required to get 57 million children into primary school fell more than a billion dollars short of its target – that’s the disappointing outcome of the Global Partnershi

In 2018, less than 5% of people identified as needing resettlement by UNHCR were resettled – just 0.2% of the global refugee population. This paper calls for refugees to be meaningfully included in discussions and decisions about their future, and for higher-income countries to do their fair share by increasing their commitments.

“The postponement should not delay urgently needed action on climate change which is already increasing poverty and suffering around the world", said Danny Sriskandarajah, Oxfam GB Chief Executive, in response to the announcement that the UN Climate Summit is being pushed back to November 2021 ―a year after it was originally scheduled. 

Oxfam joins a group of civil society organisations in expressing a number of concerns regarding the European External Investment Plan (EIP), an instrument recently proposed by the European Commission as part of the EU’s external action. Through the use of private blending finance, the External Investment Plan is expected to leverage additional funding from the private sector to foster growth and job opportunities in Africa and the EU Neighbourhood. However, the tool’s objectives and rationale need to be revised. In addition to that, absent adequate transparency and accountability standards…

In response to the statement by the IMF Executive Directors Representing Brazil, Russia, India, China an

Following Typhoon Rai, hundreds of thousands of families are spending the new year in cramped evacuation centers, some being confined in rooms hosting seven families at a time, according to Oxfam.

Thousands of families are living in a “smoke-filled hell” without access to clean water or medical services after ISIS militants retreated from towns and villages on the way to Mosul.