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Jim Yong Kim and the MDGsOxfam Elizabeth Stuart said:

The devastating impact of armed violence around the world is well known.

Water scarcity in the Bekaa has shifted from a chronic stressor into an immediate driver of social instability and mistrust, as deepening drought, collapsing infrastructure, and overlapping crises converge with limited governance and expanding informal water economies to fuel tensions within and between communities and institutions. The roundtable convened under the WEAM project in December 2025 positioned water governance as a core peacebuilding and social stability priority, generating evidence-based, conflict-sensitive recommendations for emergency water security measures, structural…

The recent sharp increase in food prices should have benefited millions of poor people who make their living from agriculture.

This briefing presents the updated March 2015 Behind the Brands scorecard showing changes in both the ranking of the ‘Big 10’  international food and beverage companies and changes to the thematic trends.

  OXFAM REACTION: G20 finance ministers   Oxfam spokesperson Luc Lamprière said:   

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:

Oxfam today launched its largest ever appeal in Africa in response to a massive food crisis facing more than 12 million people across Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya. The agency needs $80 million to reach 3 million people in dire need of clean water, food and basic sanitation.

The people of Haiti, having survived political turmoil, food insecurity and four hurricanes last year, could be pushed over the brink if world leaders do not act at the UN climate talks next month.

More than 23 million people are being pushed towards severe hunger and destitution across East Africa, international aid agency Oxfam warned today, as it launched an emergency appeal to raise $15 million.