Campaigners today called on governments meeting at the United Nations to ensure no weapons or munitions are sold to human rights abusers. The call came as delegates meet this week in New York to resume negotiations on the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), a legally-binding treaty to regulate the global arms trade.
As Australia’s aid program continues to grow – in line with the bi-partisan commitment for aid funding to reach half a per cent of our national income by 2015 – it will become even more important to make sure we are using this money effectively.
Relief agency calls on donor governments to allocate life-saving aid based on need not on short-term military gains
Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s announcement that she will work with the National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples was welcomed by the Close the Gap Campaign today.
International development agency Oxfam Australia has urged the Coalition to drop its reported proposal to cut $373m in overseas aid to Africa.
Cancun is an important chapter in the epic story to tackle global climate change. If countries view Cancun as they should – a turning point from which to build from – the end of the book could well be in sight.
An agreement at the eleventh hour has moved the world closer to the global deal on climate change that eluded last year’s summit in Copenhagen, said international aid agency Oxfam Australia as the United Nations negotiations in Cancun, Mexico drew to a close.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s announcement that she will continue to open each Parliamentary year with a statement on how Australia is progressing in closing the gap in Indigenous disadvantage shows government commitment at the highest level, the Close the Gap Campaign said today.
The revenue the extractives sector generates each year in poor countries is far greater than official aid flows and could see major improvements within countries if a portion was directed towards essential services for local people.
While in South Western Bangladesh last week, I watched as a woman named Shahana sat cross-legged on the ground with thirty members of her community noting down the many ways changing weather patterns were impacting their lives.