Ask Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen to not double count money to help developing countries adapt to climate change.
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On October 16-18 2009 ONE members stood up, literally rising from a seated or squatting position, against extreme poverty. They joined an amazing 173 million people around the world in a new world record.
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May - July 2008
For six weeks, ONE encouraged Japan to lead the G8 in stepping up delivery of their commitments on healthcare, agriculture, and education.
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February - November 2008
In 2008 -- following the 2007 G8 Summit hosted by German Chancellor Merkel -- ONE used billboards, an open letter and chocolate to keep Africa and development issues center stage for leading politicians, media, national and international activists, and the general public.
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December 2008 - April 2009
For three months ahead of the London G20 Summit, ONE members urged world leaders to listen to and address the needs of developing countries, particularly in Africa.
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January 2009
In just four days, hundreds of U.S. ONE members helped convince senators on the Foreign Relations Committee to make global poverty a focus of Hillary Clinton's confirmation hearing to become Secretary of State, sending a strong signal that this should be a key priority for the Obama Administration.
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November 2008 - January 2009
More than 100,000 U.S. ONE members signed ONE's petition to Barack Obama, asking him to make a strong statement about global poverty in his inaugural address and follow up with a robust FY2010 budget request. And he did exactly that.
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September - October, 2008
In September 2008, before a High Level Event on the Millennium Development Goals, more than 50,000 European ONE members mobilised to urge world leaders to fill the worldwide US$1 billion funding gap to combat the food crisis.
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August - September, 2008
ONE members from around the world sent tens of thousands of letters and made hundreds of phone calls to Development Ministers in donor countries, calling for increased aid effectiveness. The Ministers responded with a new level of commitment to providing more predictable and transparent aid.
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July - November, 2008
With €1 billion of funding to struggling farmers in developing countries on the line, European ONE members helped apply public pressure at the critical moment to help secure this new money.
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