Press Releases
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ONE Welcomes Event on Hunger During the Olympics
During his statement to Parliament following the G8 Summit, the Prime Minister announced his intention to hold a ‘major event on hunger during the Olympics’. This follows President Obama’s announcement of a new alliance on food security and nutrition at the G8. Welcoming the news Adrian Lovett, Europe Executive Director of anti-poverty campaign group ONE, said: “It’s great to see that the Prime Minister will build on President Obama’s bold beginning and develop a sustained global effort to break the cycle of hunger and poverty..." More
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ONE Reaction to G8 Summit: A Beginning on Food Security, But Not an End
Michael Elliott, President and CEO of ONE, issued the following statement on the new G8 food security plan announced at the Camp David Summit: “The New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition marks an important step forward in the fight against hunger and extreme poverty in Africa..." More
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ONE reacts to UK’s support for G8 Alliance for Food and Nutrition Security
ONE reacts to the Department for International Development’s announcement that the UK will join G8 nations, African countries, aid agencies and 45 leading multinational and African companies in a new alliance for food and nutrition. More
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Oxfam & ONE welcome EU initiative to prevent yet another crisis in the Horn of Africa
EU Development Ministers, meeting today in Brussels, gave the green light to SHARE - a new European initiative to boost the prevention of hunger and famine in the Horn of Africa. More
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ONE calls on UN High Level Panel to listen to the voices of the world’s poorest
The UN has announced that Prime Minister David Cameron, President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and President of Indonesia Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will co-chair a UN High Level Panel to advise the United Nations on global development beyond 2015. More
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UK Government’s promise to legislate on international aid missing from the Queen’s Speech
Today the Queen delivered her speech to Parliament setting out the Government’s agenda for the coming session. The Queen repeated the Government’s pledge to give 0.7% of annual national income in international aid from next year. However the Government’s commitment – included in the Coalition Agreement – to introduce legislation to invest this amount in aid annually was not included in the speech. More
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Transparency campaigners ask Arlene McCarthy MEP to keep up the pressure on big oil
Manchester based campaigners from anti-poverty groups ONE and Tearfund today met with North West Labour MEP Arlene McCarthy to ask her to keep up the pressure on big oil companies. More
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EU aid must be protected for the poorest says anti-poverty group ONE
Today the House of Commons International Development Committee has published its findings from its review of EU Development Assistance. Adrian Lovett, Europe Executive Director of anti-poverty group ONE said: “This report shows how David Cameron and other European leaders can secure a good deal for the world’s poorest people: first, protect aid in the EU budget negotiations. And second, insist that it is further prioritised towards the countries and people that need it most." More
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UK government recognises ‘sustainable energy for all’ vital for the fight against extreme poverty
At the conclusion of the Clean Energy Ministerial conference, ONE welcomes the government’s support for the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon’s Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) initiative. More
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ONE welcomes the OECD’s review of EU development assistance while Council negotiations on the post-2013 budget gain momentum
Anti-poverty group ONE today welcomed the OECD’s assessment that European Union development assistance has improved, but stressed that more must be done to ensure it is as effective as possible. More
