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More than $2.2 billion worth of arms and ammunition have been imported since 2000 by countries operating under arms embargoes, according to new figures released today by international humanitarian agency Oxfam.

European Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs Kristalina Georgieva endorsed today a Charter, launched by leading agencies, to make deadly food crises like the one gripping East Africa a thing of the past.

Oxfam has today warned that the $100billion a year pledged by rich nations to help fight climate change could fail the poorest people, if recent moves to deliver climate cash as loans continue.

Climate change in Malawi is pushing people further into poverty and women are suffering most, according to our new report (Wed June 17).

As Vietnam graduates from IDA, the World Bank’s concessional finance window, there will be a major change in the types of development finance the country can access. Oxfam is concerned about what this changing financial landscape might mean for Vietnam’s fight against poverty, inequality, and gender inequality.

Oxfam International’s Executive Director Winnie Byanyima is attending “Global Common Good” seminar convened by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace in Vatican City. She is available for comment and interview.

Oxfam spokesperson Elizabeth Stuart said:

Today’s indication by BRICS leaders that they will keep working towards a ‘BRICS Development Bank’ leaves many details still to be settled.

“It is irresponsible for the World Bank to promote the deregulation of labor and the dismantling of the rights that workers have long fought for," said Nadia Daar, head of Oxfam's Washington office.

Reacting to the event organized by the United States' delegation at COP 23 to showcase different fossil fuels, Heather Coleman, Oxfam America's climate and energy director said: “By highlighting Peabody Energy, a bankrupt coal company both financially and morally, the Trump administration is sending a clear signal to the world that it stands against innovation, job growth, and economic growth.“The world’s poor can’t afford to have the U.S. go AWOL on climate change. Coming to Bonn to shill for the coal industry only adds insult to injury – an injury that grows more dire by…