International aid agency Oxfam is calling on the Rudd Government and corporate Australia to adopt a new human rights framework presented to the UN today (3 June), which urges government and business to “foster a corporate culture respectful of human rights at home and abroad”.
Oxfam has welcomed today’s announcement that Climate Change Minister Penny Wong will be attending the G8 environment ministers meeting in Kobe, Japan, but encourages her to live up to the Federal Government’s commitment to take the lead in international action.
Oxfam’s statement in advance of a conference of donors to Myanmar and after the ASEAN meeting.
Oxfam is reaching people in remote rural areas in the southwest provinces of China following the earthquake that stuck the area on the 12 May.
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The Close the Gap coalition today welcomed Budget measures aimed at closing the life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
Oxfam Australia’s statement in reaction to a series of earthquakes that hit south-west China on Monday 12 May killing more than 12,000 people.
Leading aid agency Oxfam tonight welcomed the Rudd Government’s commitment of $2.3 billion on climate change, but cautioned that much more support would be needed for poor people in developing countries to adapt to the rapidly escalating impacts of climate change.
The Rudd Government has honoured its pre-election commitment and delivered a modest increase of $500 million this year in its contribution to making poverty history, international aid agency Oxfam said tonight.
Oxfam Australia will be watching tomorrow night’s delivery of the Federal Budget to see if the government delivers on indigenous health, climate change and aid.