Word: oxfam
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...number just 17,500, a tiny presence in such a large country. In February the U.N. and aid groups working in Congo asked for $682 million in humanitarian funds. So far, they have received just $94 million--or $9.40 for every person in need. By comparison, the aid group Oxfam estimates that the U.N.'s tsunami appeal last year raised $550 for each person...
...industry. The policy will contain our commitment to foster an open and inclusive environment based on recognized workplace human rights. We have received comments on the draft policy by external human rights organizations such as the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, Human Rights Watch, International Labor Rights Fund, and Oxfam. We have also met with numerous other organizations including the International Union of Food Workers (IUF), the United Food and Commercial Workers, and Amnesty International...
...focus in human rights has shifted from drafting international conventions at the United Nations to protecting economic and social rights in developing countries. “The action is in the [non-governmental organization] community, it’s in the [World Trade Organization], it’s in Oxfam leading four West African countries to challenge U.S. cotton subsidies,” Ignatieff said. “The future of human rights is in economic and social rights and in the debate between the north and south, the developing and the developed world, over the responsibilities of rich countries...
...breakthrough Africa is waiting for, say critics. Europe wants to exclude some products from its tariff cuts, and the U.S. proposal would effectively ease subsidies 2% by renaming existing supports or disguising them as other payments. "It's a case of smoke and mirrors," says C?line Charveriat, head of Oxfam's Make Trade Fair campaign. "If this offer goes ahead, trade-distorting domestic subsidies will remain almost completely unchanged...
...subsidies U.S. cotton farmers receive help destroy any advantage West Africa's farmers have. Since the mid-1990s, when U.S. exports of subsidized cotton began growing?according to Oxfam, U.S. sales went from a low of 17% of the world export market in 1998 to 41% in 2003?the world cotton price has dropped by more than half. The International Cotton Advisory Committee, which promotes cooperation among cotton-producing countries, estimates that developing-world cotton growers, including Burkina Faso, Brazil, India, Mali and Pakistan, have lost $23 billion over the past four years to Western subsidies. The irony, says Oxfam...