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Last week leaders from the United States and European Union met in Washington DC for the regular US-EU Summit. The team at ONE has reviewed the summit’s declaration [PDF] and picked out some of the key points. Overall the document contains some very positive language on the need to work together to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2015 and development has been ratcheted up the agenda as a focus for cooperation. There’s also a separate annex on Development. The main point is that the US and EU want to work together with more urgency towards the MDG Summit and up to 2015: ‘we recognize that a coordinated international effort is needed to assist developing countries accelerate progress towards the MDGs’ The Declaration itself pledges to re-launch US-EU dialogue on development, and the first meeting to re-launch of this dialogue will happen at ministerial level very soon. Ministerial level meetings will thereafter be annual, with meetings of the re-launched High Level Consultative Group on Development to be held in between. The Annex to the declaration outlines 3 areas for close cooperation between the US and EU:
The declaration comes at a timely moment at the beginning of a new European Commission and Parliamentary mandate in Brussels, and gives us a good kick-off to help ensure that achievement of the MDGs remains high on the political agenda in both Brussels and Washington DC. -Eloise Todd |
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Financial Times: Global hunger forces itself to the top of political agenda Reuters: Conditions in place for new food crisis, FAO warns Politico – Veterans join front lines of climate fight Reuters: WTO’s Lamy says U.S. slowing Doha talks: report Los Angeles Times: Until women are healthy, societies will suffer |
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For all you Californians out there, we’re happy to announce the California ONE Membership Conference. It’s set to take place on Saturday, November 21 in San Francisco and will feature workshops, experts from ONE and other poverty-fighting groups, and lots of opportunities to meet other ONE members and learn how to be an even more effective advocate for the world’s most vulnerable people. Space is limited, so be sure to RSVP here. Details below: What: California ONE Membership Conference |
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We’ll keep you posted with any new developments. |
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This evening at 9pm EST, Oprah and CNN are joining for a special program about “Say You’re One of Them”, a collection of 5 short stories, each told from the perspective of a child from a different African country. The book’s author, Uwem Akpan, will also participate. The event will be broadcast live on CNN.com and Oprah.com. You can find more details here, and if you’ve read the book, let us know what you thought in the comments thread. |
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Last week, ONE member Dianna Grobstein wrote about an event hosted by TOMS Shoes in Whittier, California. TOMS Shoes, which aims to provide shoes for children in need, was also profiled on the CBS Evening News recently. You can check out the segment below, and learn more about TOMS Shoes here. |
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Over the weekend, CNN ran this interesting segment about an effort to bringing more solar light installations to East Africa. The organization spotlighted is called Solar Light for Africa and was founded by Retired Episcopal Bishop Alden Hathaway in 1997. Clip below: |
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We also discussed the importance of ONE Members engaging their elected officials. This group of PA ONE Members understands the importance of showing them how many of their constituents support them in their efforts to fight poverty and preventable disease around the world. Future plans for the group include more “Call Parties” and scheduling in-district meetings with their Representatives which is easy and very important. I was also able to help explain where we are in the legislative calendar and that ONE has already submitted its request to the Obama administration for 2011. We will certainly need all ONE Members’ enthusiasm and advocacy to help secure the goals in the budget and thus continue to transform the lives of the world’s most vulnerable! |
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Last week I posted on the Living Proof Project’s photo gallery detailing efforts to protect children against rotavirus in Nicaragua. This photo gallery, I think, serves as an interesting companion piece. It tracks the rotavirus vaccine’s journey from a manufacturing plant in Lansdale, Pennsylvania to a clinic in Pantasma, Nicaragua. It’s an excellent visualization of an oftentimes complicated process. During its journey, the vaccine travels by plane, pickup truck, and horseback before reaching its final destination. You can see the full gallery by clicking the image below: |
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The Wall Street Journal: The Berlin Wall of Aid: When Will It Fall? (Op-Ed) New York Times: China Pledges $10 Billion to Africa Los Angeles Times: High hopes for a malaria vaccine The Guardian: Gordon Brown is right: rich western banks should pay for the developing world to go green (Op-Ed) New Vision (Uganda): Donor Aid in Africa Should Increasingly Go to Women (Op-Ed) Financial Times: G20 yet to deliver on early promise |
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TAGS: European Union, Millennium Development Goals, United States of America