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Oxfam spokesperson Elizabeth Stuart said:    Verdict on the spring meetings

Oxfam welcomes the Israeli government's announcement that it will allow more items to enter Gaza. This is a step in the right direction.

On the shape of the new 2015 climate agreement being negotiated this week, Tracy Carty, Oxfam Climate Change Policy Adviser, said:

  Consuelo Lopez-Zuriaga, Oxfam Head of Humanitarian Campaigns, said, 

Today EU foreign ministers met in Luxembourg to agree a joint EU response to combat the spread of the Ebola virus. In response to the meeting, Natalia Alonso, Oxfam’s Deputy Director of Advocacy…

Statement from Oxfam America President Raymond C. Offenheiser:

Donors have replenished the World Bank’s fund for the world’s poorest countries, the International Development Association, to the tune of

"Almost five years of devastating conflict has brought South Sudan to its knees and left more people in more parts of the country suffering catastrophic levels of hunger," said Oxfam’s County Director in South Sudan Ranjan Poudyal.

“This is great and sorely needed news at a time when the world faces a sobering set of challenges," said Nick Galasso, interim head of Oxfam International's Washington office.

Oxfam, toghether with the Syria INGO Regional Forum, continues to be appalled by obstructions to humanitarian assistance, lack of protections for civilians fleeing armed conflict and apparent violations of international humanitarian law in Aleppo, in Foah, in Kafrayya and in many other parts of Syria.