Your Oxfam News http://www.oxfam.org.nz/ Your Oxfam News en-nz Oxfam New Zealand 2009. Oxfam New Zealand is a member of Oxfam International Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:48:35 +12 Leaders urged to salvage UN World Food Summit as hopes for action on hunger fade http://www.oxfam.org.nz/newsroom.asp?action=view&type=News&id=2406 Monday’s UN World Food Summit in Rome (16-18th) could be a waste of time and money unless world leaders intervene now to salvage it. International agencies ActionAid and Oxfam say governments are ... Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +12 oxfam@oxfam.org.nz El Salvador: Oxfam Assesses Damage in Wake of Heavy Rains and Hurricane Ida http://www.oxfam.org.nz/newsroom.asp?action=view&type=News&id=2407 Torrential rains and a slow-moving Hurricane Ida caused severe flooding in several regions of El Salvador over the weekend, resulting in more than 140 confirmed deaths, 60 people missing, and more... Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +12 oxfam@oxfam.org.nz Six weeks on, organics plays a role in Samoa recovery http://www.oxfam.org.nz/newsroom.asp?action=view&type=News&id=2405 Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 st1\:*{beha... Mon, 9 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +12 oxfam@oxfam.org.nz Poor countries to polluters: Help us deal with the damage you�ve caused http://www.oxfam.org.nz/newsroom.asp?action=view&type=News&id=2403 International negotiators are meeting in Barcelona this week for the last time before the crucial Copenhagen climate change conference in December. The amount of funding that industrialised countries ... Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +12 oxfam@oxfam.org.nz New Afghan government must deliver on schools, midwives and police say aid agencies http://www.oxfam.org.nz/newsroom.asp?action=view&type=News&id=2401 The new Afghan government must urgently devote greater resources to building up to 6000 new schools, training upwards of 5000 new midwives and professionalising the police force, according... Wed, 4 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +12 oxfam@oxfam.org.nz World's biggest arms traders promise global arms treaty http://www.oxfam.org.nz/newsroom.asp?action=view&type=News&id=2400 On Friday October 30 at the United Nations, after years of discussions and debates, the vast majority of governments – 153 in total - agreed a timetable to establish a "strong and robust" Arm... Tue, 3 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +12 oxfam@oxfam.org.nz Pacific Islands are being 'hung out to dry' http://www.oxfam.org.nz/newsroom.asp?action=view&type=News&id=2396 Today, Pacific Islanders waded out into the sea and hung 350 T-shirts, each printed with the name of a different island, on... Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +12 oxfam@oxfam.org.nz Oxfam calls for radical shake-up of aid system to break cycle of hunger in Ethiopia http://www.oxfam.org.nz/newsroom.asp?action=view&type=News&id=2395 Twenty-five years on from 1984 famine food aid remains knee-jerk reaction Oxfam today called for a radical shake-up in the way the world deals with food crises in Ethiopia and beyond. Th... Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +12 oxfam@oxfam.org.nz Oxfam: Trade ministers must listen to the Pacific�s needs http://www.oxfam.org.nz/newsroom.asp?action=view&type=News&id=2394 Take the pace out of PACER: Trade ministers to set the framework for Pacific negotiations.Trade officials are assembling in Brisbane today to kick off negotiations on a new Pacific trade agreement. ... Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +12 oxfam@oxfam.org.nz Oxfam report: Agriculture in a time of global food crisis http://www.oxfam.org.nz/newsroom.asp?action=view&type=News&id=2387 Today, one in six people is starving. A combination of the food crisis and the global economic downturn has meant that just in the last year, 100 million more people have been pushed into hunger, ... Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +12 oxfam@oxfam.org.nz