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Anna Macdonald, Oxfam’s Head of Arms Control, said:

Commenting on the discussion today about innovative funding for development at the MDG Summit Leading Group on Innovative Finance, Oxfam spokesperson Veronica Hernandez said:

The World Bank’s private sector arm, the IFC, today challenged Oxfam’s figures that the new private hospital complex it supported in Lesotho had cost the country $67 million to run in 2013/

Yesterday, 28 UN Special Rapporteurs, sent a letter to World Bank President Jim Kim on the first draft of the new social and environmental safeguards, raising their great concerns with the new draft. The letter criticizes the Bank for avoiding any meaningful reference to human rights in the draft and states that the Bank is increasingly becoming an outlier in this regard compared to other international organizations. The UN experts also highlight their concern with significant dilutions of the existing Safeguards, despite a repeated promise by President Kim that the revision process would…

"The selection of David Malpass as the US nominee for World Bank president is concerning. Mr. Malpass has yet to demonstrate his commitment and vision for addressing many of the great global challenges of our time," said Nadia Daar, Head of Oxfam International’s Washington Office, in reaction to President Trump’s reported selection of David Malpass as the US nominee for World Bank president.

This is an historic moment, and a sign that world leaders are willing to put aside differences and work together towards overcoming the threat of climate change. It's now time to roll up our sleeves and focus on strengthening the Agreement and make it work for everyone.

Oxfam is providing over 186,000 flood-hit people with clean drinking water, food supplies, emergency shelter, hygiene kits, and other essentials.

In response to the results of the vote on a UN resolution continuing to allow cross-border aid into Syria, Oxfam’s Regional Humanitarian Campaign Lead for MENA, Georges Ghali said: “The UN Security Council’s decision means that millions of Syrians who are suffering from the scourge of war, compounded by an economic collapse and a global pandemic, will continue to face an uncertain future. At a time when three in five Syrians are facing acute hunger, it is unconscionable to limit humanitarian assistance in this way."    

This paper is a summary of the full comparative study report produced by Abu Hwaij Assurance…

Though de Boer moves on world leaders have barely started the job of tackling the climate crisis. With the lives and livelihoods of billions at stake they could learn much from de Boer's perseverance as well as his uncompromising commitment.