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Oxfam reaction to the FAO's announcement on global food prices

7 April 2011

In response to the Food and Agriculture Organization’s announcement that global food prices slightly decreased last month, Oxfam’s policy advisor Luca Chinotti said:
Appointment of IMF Managing Director – campaigners demand open election

6 April 2011

A global coalition of campaigners have called for an open process to elect the next Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, and an end to the stranglehold that Europeans have had on the post since it was created.
Create jobs say 70 per cent of Pakistan’s flood affected

6 April 2011

Seventy per cent of those affected by floods in Pakistan want reconstruction to generate jobs as the country rebuilds following the disaster last year, according to a new survey released today (Wednesday, 6 April 2011) by international agency Oxfam.
Rich countries’ failed commitments deprive poor of $18bn

6 April 2011

Faltering overseas aid figures announced today are depriving poor countries of a massive $18bn worth of life-saving aid, at a time when 64 million more people globally have been pushed into poverty by the financial crisis.
Oxfam launches an appeal to raise $16 million for crisis in Ivory Coast

5 April 2011

International agency Oxfam today launched an appeal for more than $16 million to help people caught up in political violence in the West African country of Ivory Coast.
A-FAB coalition of Greenpeace, Oxfam & WWF: ASEAN must demonstrate leadership in UN climate negotiations

4 April 2011

A-FAB, ASEAN for a Fair, Ambitious and Binding Climate Deal, a regional coalition composed of Greenpeace, Oxfam and WWF, calls upon leaders of Association of Southeast Asian Nations to take a higher ground in the latest rounds of UN climate negotiations that began in Bangkok today.
IMF gold sales windfall should go to poor countries in crisis, urge global development advocates

4 April 2011

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) board will meet this week [6 April] to discuss how to use the extra $2.8 billion windfall it made from selling 403.3 tons of gold late last year. The windfall profits should be used to cancel the debts of poor countries facing crises outside their control.
Clock is ticking for refugees fleeing Ivory Coast

1 April 2011

More than 100,000 people have already crossed the border from Ivory Coast to Liberia and are living in dire conditions in border villages.
Oxfam statement on UK government initiated meeting on Libya

28 March 2011

The UK government is hosting an international meeting in London on 29 March on Libya.
As tensions rise in the Middle East, Oxfam calls for calm

25 March 2011

With violence escalating over the past week, now is the time for both Palestinians and Israelis to show immediate restraint, says humanitarian aid agency Oxfam. All sides must do everything they can in order to protect innocent civilians.

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Oxfam reaction to the FAO's announcement on global food prices

Appointment of IMF Managing Director – campaigners demand open election

Create jobs say 70 per cent of Pakistan’s flood affected

Rich countries’ failed commitments deprive poor of $18bn

Oxfam launches an appeal to raise $16 million for crisis in Ivory Coast

A-FAB coalition of Greenpeace, Oxfam & WWF: ASEAN must demonstrate leadership in UN climate negotiations

IMF gold sales windfall should go to poor countries in crisis, urge global development advocates

Clock is ticking for refugees fleeing Ivory Coast

Oxfam statement on UK government initiated meeting on Libya

As tensions rise in the Middle East, Oxfam calls for calm