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Oxfam — more than 1,000 found

Alors que s’est ouverte la 65e Assemblée mondiale de la Santé, qui a lieu à Genève du 21 au 25 mai, Oxfam s’alarme du fait que le rôle de l’Organisation mondiale de la Santé (OMS), institution internationale de premier plan en matière de santé publique, est mis en péril du fait d’une grave crise financière et des fortes réductions d’effectifs qu’elle a entraîné.

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As heads of state prepare to gather for the NATO summit in Chicago, the undersigned NGOs call on NATO member states and the Afghan Government to prioritize improving the accountability of the Afghan National Security Forces as well as measures to enhance their capability to protect civilians more broadly.

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À la veille du G8, l’organisation internationale Oxfam appelle les chefs d’État et de gouvernement en route pour Camp David à prendre des engagements politiques et financiers prévisibles et mesurables, pouvant permettre à 50 millions de personnes de sortir de la pauvreté au moyen d’une agriculture vivrière durable à l’horizon 2015.

Humanitarian field studies | Cholera response in Haiti

When a massive earthquake struck Haiti in January 2010, followed by a cholera epidemic that broke out in October of that year, Oxfam rushed assistance—clean water, sanitation, and hygiene materials and information—to hard-hit areas to protect public health.

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For the 1.3 billion people living on less than a dollar a day who depend on agriculture for their livelihoods, vulnerability to climate-related shocks is a constant threat to food security and well-being. As climate change drives an increase in the frequency and intensity of natural hazards, the challenges faced by foodinsecure communities struggling to improve their lives and livelihoods will also increase. The question of how to build rural resilience against climate-related risk is critical for addressing global poverty.

USAID is changing the way it implements US foreign aid programs to put local actors in the driver’s seat. Called “Implementation and Procurement Reform,” or IPR, this effort will invest more money directly by partnering with country governments, local businesses, and local organizations. The effort is designed to help countries deliver for their own people, and help people hold their governments accountable.

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Guatemala has a booming economy and is rich in natural resources, yet it has one of the highest rates of poverty and malnutrition in the Western Hemisphere. Social inequality has made small farmers and indigenous populations more vulnerable to economic crises and natural disasters, thus causing a visible decline in social and human indicators over the past decade.

On the eve of the G8 Summit, international agency Oxfam called on world leaders heading to Camp David to make predictable, measurable funding and policy commitments that will help 50 million people lift themselves out of poverty through sustainable, small-scale agriculture by 2015.

La Fondation Jacqueline Lessard, Imavision et Oxfam-Québec sont fières d’annoncer la fin de la construction de l’Orphelinat-école de la Fondation Jacqueline Lessard, à Croix-des-Bouquets, ville située en banlieue de Port-au-Prince en Haïti. Le projet inclut trois bâtiments : une école pouvant accueillir 400 élèves de la communauté, un orphelinat pouvant héberger 80 orphelins et un bâtiment de services (cuisine, préau, bloc sanitaire).

Refugee numbers soaring as violence continues

Seasonal rains due in Sudan and South Sudan will exacerbate already dire conditions in refugee camps, restrict travel and access, and heighten the risk of disease, a group of leading humanitarian agencies warned today. The rains, which in some places have already started, will make many roads impassable, trapping people in unstable areas and deepening the current hunger crisis.

As a food crisis intensifies across the semi-arid Sahel region of West Africa, millions of farming and herding fami lies are slruggling 10 get enough 10 eat.

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Dans la région du Sahel, en Afrique de l’Ouest, des familles font face à une terrible réalité. Une crise alimentaire menace plus de 15 millions de personnes. Sans aide, elles n’auront plus assez à manger.

Caroline Gluck, responsable des relations médias - urgences humanitaires d’Oxfam Grande Bretagne s’est rendue en République Démocratique du Congo (RDC), dans une des régions où sévit la LRA, au premier trimestre 2012. De retour, elle témoigne.

Inutile de chercher. Dans le village de Bangadi, en province Orientale, dans le nord-est de la RDC, les traces des exactions perpétrées par les rebelles de l’Armée de résistance du Seigneur (LRA) sautent aux yeux.

“¿Cómo es posible que la venta de banano esté mucho mejor controlada que la venta de ametralladoras?”

Anna Macdonald

Coordinadora para Oxfam de la campaña Armas bajo Control

Publicado : 3 de mayo 2012

Oxfam afirma que la falta de normas mundiales sobre comercio de armas es un factor fundamental en las violaciones de embargos

“Comment se fait-il que la vente de bananes soit plus fermement contrôlée que le commerce de mitrailleuses ?”

Anna Macdonald

Responsable de la campagne Control Arms pour Oxfam

Publié le : 3 Mai 2012

Selon Oxfam, le manque de régulation internationale en matière de commerce des armes constitue la principale cause des violations d’embargos

Plus de 2,2 milliards de dollars d’armes et de munitions ont été exportés depuis l’an 2000 vers des pays soumis à des embargos sur les armes, selon de nouveaux chiffres publiés aujourd’hui par Oxfam.

“How can the sale of bananas be more tightly-controlled than the sale of machine guns?”

Anna Macdonald

Oxfam's Head of the Control Arms Campaign

Published: 3 May 2012

Oxfam says lack of global rules on arms trade is main factor for embargo violations

More than $2.2 billion worth of arms and ammunition have been imported since 2000 by countries operating under arms embargoes, according to new figures released today by international humanitarian agency Oxfam.

Publicado : 3 de mayo 2012

Autor: Deepayan Basu Ray, Asesor de Políticas de Armas y Desarrollo, Oxfam GB

La ausencia de unas obligaciones jurídicas, internacionales y completas para impedir las transferencias irresponsables de armas ha causado que se importen armas y municiones por parte de países sujetos a embargos entre 2000 y 2010 por un valor de 2.200 millones de dólares.

Published: 3 May 2012

Author: Deepayan Basu Ray, Policy Advisor on Arms and Development, Oxfam GB

According to new figures, more than $2.2 billion worth of arms and ammunition have been imported since 2000 by countries operating under arms embargoes. The figures show the extent to which states have been flagrantly flouting the 26 UN, regional or multilateral arms embargoes in force during this period.

Plus de 2,2 milliards de dollars d'armes et de munitions ont été importés par des pays sous embargo depuis l'an 2000. Des chiffres qui montrent combien les Etats ont violé de manière flagrante les 26 embargos onusiens, régionaux et multilatéraux sur les armes en vigueur durant cette période.

In the village of Bangadi, in Congo's north-eastern Orientale province, you don't have to look hard to see the impact that the vicious rebel group, the Lord's Resistance Army, the LRA, has had on the community.

The village, close to the border with Sudan, where the LRA is also active, is surrounded by forest and hard to protect.

People here are farmers, fishermen and hunters, activities that used to take them deep into the bush until the LRA began terrorising communities here four years ago, killing, destroying, looting, kidnapping, raping and mutilating their victims.