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• ONE responds to the outcome of the Mali donor conference

  15 May 2013

  Eloise Todd, Brussels director at ONE said:  “Today’s conference was a welcome initiative from the EU and France.  The European Commission’s pledge of €524 million, nearly half of the overall EU pledge, will make an important contribution to Mali’s recovery.  But the big picture is that aid budgets are shrinking across much of Europe, and the EU itself is looking to freeze aid spending over the next seven years.  It’s becoming a zero sum game that could mean less money to respond to other crises.  EU countries need to reverse aid cuts, prioritise the world’s poorest, like those in Mali, and make sure aid is targeted at the programmes that have the biggest impact on development, namely health, agriculture and education.” More

• ONE responds to the Prime Minister's comments on aid spending and the defence budget

  1 May 2013

  Adrian Lovett, Europe Executive Director of ONE  said:    “The facts are clear: channelling aid money through defence budgets on any scale would quickly hit a large brick wall    More

• ONE responds to renewed EU commitments on vaccines, HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria

  25 April 2013

  ONE welcomes European Commission President José Manuel Barroso and Development Commissioner Andris Piebalgs’s renewed support for critical global health initiatives announced today at the Global Vaccine Summit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. In a speech, President Barroso reaffirmed the EU’s commitment to the GAVI vaccines alliance as well as treatments for HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria through the Global Fund.   More

• ONE hails deal on EU oil sector transparency rules

  9 April 2013

  The ONE Campaign warmly welcomes a political deal reached this evening on new European rules requiring oil, gas, mining and forestry companies to declare the payments they make to foreign governments. More

• The Final 1000 Days: Accelerating the Fight against Extreme Poverty

  3 April 2013

  As new OECD data shows donors faltering, ONE calls for  a ‘sprint to the finish’ to meet 2015 goals.   More

• New figures show EU aid drops for second year running; just 1000 days left to hit global poverty goals

  3 April 2013

  New figures released by the OECD today show the EU’s aid levels dropped for the second year in a row, taking EU donors further off track from their spending target of 0.7 per cent of gross national income (GNI) by 2015. More

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