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Gaza: Oxfam supported health worker killed and ambulance destroyed in Israeli shelling
Israeli offensive puts families’ and aid workers’ lives at risk, Oxfam warns
A paramedic working for an Oxfam funded organization was killed when an Israeli shell
Maximum pressure needed from EU delegation to end Gaza onslaught
Agency refutes Israeli foreign minister’s view as sewage pours onto the streets
International aid agency Oxfam today called on the high level EU delegation expected to
Gaza crisis: Crisis critical with supplies of food and fuel perilously low
Agency said UNSC must pass binding resolution demanding an immediate halt to violence.
EU call for improved humanitarian access welcome but must not be a substitute for diplomatic pressure for immediate ceasefire
International aid agency Oxfam called on EU foreign ministers to go beyond calls for increased humanitarian access into Gaza and push Israel and Hamas to agree an immediate ceasefire
Bombing severely reduces Oxfam’s aid program in Gaza as humanitarian crisis looms
The people of the Gaza Strip are facing a humanitarian crisis unless the bombing stops and the Israelis allow immediate access for aid shipments, Oxfam International warned tod
Aid agencies warn of humanitarian catastrophe if Gaza is attacked.
Today, aid agencies and human rights groups working in Gaza called on Israel, Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups to pull back from the brink of an all-out military confronta
Oxfam closes historic tsunami response
Oxfam International is preparing to close its response to Indian Ocean tsunami at the end of this month, four years after the disaster.
Oxfam analysis of the Poznan Conference outcomes
The conference in Poznan was meant to be a key milestone between the start of negotiations in Bali last year and their conclusion at Copenhagen next year.
UN Climate talks: Adaptation finance cop out
Poznan, Poland – International agency Oxfam welcomed a step forward in negotiations to allow developing countries direct access to the Adaptation Fund, one of the most intracta
Delay kills: Disappointing climate negotiations leave millions of vulnerable people at risk
Poznan, Poland: The UN climate negotiations have not shown the urgency and political will needed to fight climate change and keep millions of people safe, Oxfam International said to
Europe deal will fail to tackle climate change – time to go back to the drawing board
Europe has undermined the global fight against climate change by passing a deal today that has been badly compromised by special interests, says international agency Oxfam.
UN Climate Talks: Too little but not too late
Possible Progress in Poznan Hinges on Adaptation Finance
Poznan, Poland
Europe set to turn its back on developing countries and undermine global climate talks
Europe's leaders are on the brink of abdicating their responsibility to tackle today’s biggest challenge to humanity, says international agency Oxfam.
Bold action on climate and recession needed from finance ministers
Poznan, Poland: International agency Oxfam called on finance ministers to undertake a concerted effort to address climate change and treat the climate crisis at least as seriously as
Global artists and leaders join Oxfam’s call for climate action in Poznan
Actor Scarlett Johansson, broadcaster Sir David Attenborough, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu and singer-songwriter Angelique Kidjo are among 19 global figures to join Oxfam in a ca
Gdansk Summit must restore Europe’s climate leadership
The Gdansk summit between French President Sarkozy and Central and Eastern European leaders risks fundamentally undermining Europe’s ambition to credibly tackle climate change, intern
Zimbabwe: Cholera ravages a population weakened by hunger
Oxfam urges international donors to respond to needs
More then 300,000 people already seriously weakened by lack of food are in grave danger from the cholera epidemic current
Business influence threatens EU climate ambitions, says Oxfam
Big business is pressuring the EU to water-down its climate ambitions including, most particularly, around the key issue of auctioning carbon permits, says international agency Oxfam
Oxfam demands France, Germany and UK face up to the humanitarian crisis in Congo and get behind European 'bridging force'
International agency Oxfam today accuses European member states of turning their backs on the suffering of the people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Doha poverty talks expose deep divisions over global financial reform
As the UN Financing for Development conference drew to a close in Doha today, Oxfam International warned that it had highlighted fundamental splits over how to respond to the global