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As the press conference with UN Special Envoy for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi wrapped up, Mr. Brahimi announced that both sides will meet tomorrow (Saturday, 25 January) in the same room.

Responding to German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s climate finance remarks made in Berlin today, Oxfam’s Climate Change Policy Advisor Jan Kowalzig said:“It’s refreshing to see Chancellor Merkel understanding how climate finance is key to securing success at the Paris COP in December. More rich countries must now follow her call to table a credible plan that ramps up climate support for developing nations, boosting the current US$35bn a year to an annual US$100bn by 2020.""But let’s be clear here - meeting the US$100bn target by 2020 would just be fulfilling a five year old…

The recent World Trade Organization deal made in Nairobi fails to deliver what is urgently needed, while the US and the EU continue to push for regional rather than international agreements, said Oxfam International's Campaigns and Advocacy Director, Celine Charveriat. 

A British High Court decision that UK arms exports to Saudi Arabia can continue gives ministers free reign to sell arms to countries even where there is clear evidence they are breaching international humanitarian law. 

Responding to President of the European Commission, Jean Claude Juncker’s State of the Union address, Oxfam said there is no way to end irregular migration if there are no legal and safe channels, and tax dodging must become a thing of the past.

Oxfam analysed the World Bank’s emergency health funding to 71 countries in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. While its response has been rapid and significant, Oxfam finds that the World Bank has missed vital opportunities to strengthen public health systems so they can tackle COVID-19 and deliver health for all in the future. 

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

The Israeli Knesset has passed a bill mandating the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis. Shaista Aziz, Oxfam’s Campaign Engagement Lead, has responded: "This Bill is another horrifying act of violence which proves the system of institutionalised discrimination and systematic oppression of the Palestinian people. The Israeli government has granted itself another means to dehumanise, suppress, and kill Palestinians. Israel is violating international law.  

Oxfam presents new evidence that the gap between rich and poor is growing ever wider and is undermining poverty eradication. This report delves into the causes of the inequality crisis and looks at the concrete solutions that can overcome it.

Joint Media Reaction by Oxfam, CAN Europe, APRODEV, CIDSE