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...series of protests outside its London and regional headquarters, the broadcaster has dug in its heels against pressure to run the filmed appeal by the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC), a nonaligned umbrella organization representing 13 long-established charities such as the British Red Cross, Christian Aid and Oxfam. Defending the decision on one of the BBC's own morning news shows today, BBC director general Mark Thompson said, "We are passionate about our impartiality ... We worry about being seen to endorse something that could give the impression we were only backing one side...
...Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni unabashedly asserted, “There is no humanitarian crisis in the Strip, and therefore there is no need for a humanitarian truce.” That Livni arrived at this conclusion—despite reports from the United Nations, the Red Cross, Amnesty International, Oxfam International and Human Rights Watch—reflects the irreverence with which the Israeli government regards Palestinian lives. Indeed, there is no other explanation. How else could a week of aerial bombing of such a densely populated city and intentionally starving its citizens be justified...
...Copenhagen. (One exception were adaption funds - money to help poor countries counter the future impacts of climate change - with millions set to be released by the U.N. in the months following the summit.) "The lack of progress at Poznan merits outrage," said Barry Coates, senior executive of charity group Oxfam International."They have left themselves with a huge amount to do to secure a deal at Copenhagen next year...
...rose 24%. As of 2007, more than 1 out of every 5 New York City children relied on soup kitchens or food pantries, up 48% from 2004. In the developing world, the situation will be even worse. At the United Nations Global Assembly last month, the global-hunger charity Oxfam warned of disastrous consequences for poor countries if the financial crisis affects international aid - which was already down in 2007. Yet at that meeting, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner underlined an uncomfortable reality. "To talk about development or Millennium Goals in the middle of such a crisis is unfair...
Raymond C. Offenheiser, the President of Oxfam America, an international anti-poverty organization, criticized U.S. development policy and explained the implications of the current global food crisis, in a speech last night...