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Economic Summit Must Provide Solutions for All Nations, Not Just Powerful Countries
The world’s poorest countries may not have a seat at this weekend’s global financial summit, but they must not be left behind by the leaders of the global economic powers.
Bob Geldof in the Financial Times
14 November, 2008 – Bob Geldof penned an op-ed in today’s Financial Times. He reminded world leaders gathering for this weekend’s G20 Summit that in seeking solutions for the financial crisis they cannot afford to abandon the world’s poorest.
Reuters on the EU Billion
Monday, 10 November – Reuters published an interesting article on the European Commission’s proposal to give €1 billion left over from the EU budget to struggling farmers in the developing world.
Proposed aid budget deeply damaging for Africa and for France
6 November, 2008 - The Assemblée Nationale will debate the French aid budget today. The proposals on the table would mean a stagnation of overall French aid, severe cuts of some bilateral grant aid projects in Africa and would mean that Germany will overtake France as a donor to Africa.
Over 116 million Stand Up
The count is in, 116,993,629 anti-poverty activists, including nearly 50,000 ONE members, around the globe stood up this year to set a new world record of people standing up and taking action against poverty.
ONE Reacts to World Bank-IMF Closing News Briefing
At their joint news briefing today, World Bank President Robert Zoellick and International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn reiterated their support for a new coordinated effort to break the global financial crisis.
Bob Geldof on BBC Today
Bob Geldof was on BBC Radio 4 Today on Monday, 6 October, talking about results from the UN Summit in New York and the next steps in the fight against poverty.
UN Summit Results
A variety of actors came together to build on the global successes against extreme poverty.
Celebrate, Accelerate
At last week's UN Summit, we had a chance to show a short video to a group of world leaders at the Secretary General's reception.
Bono on CNN This Morning
September 26, ONE co-founder Bono spoke with CNN's John Roberts on "American Morning" about recent successes and future plans in our fight against global poverty. You can watch the whole interview...
Bono and Bob Geldof React to Hight Level Event on Millennium Development Goals
Leaders from the worlds of politics, business, and civil society have injected new momentum today into efforts to reach the Millennium Development Goals at a historically strategic moment.
Candidates Offer Commitments to Help the World’s Extremely Poor
NEW YORK, N.Y…. The ONE Campaign today applauded Senator John McCain and Senator Barack Obama for their commitments to end malaria deaths and address extreme poverty around the world.
Bono and ONE praise Irish leadership on agriculture and hunger crisis in Africa
Bono, a member of the Irish Hunger Task Force (IHTF), will join Irish Taoiseach Brian Cowen, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and fellow commissioners Sheila Sisulu of the World Food Program, Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University and IHTF chair Joe Walsh to present the findings of the IHTF at the UN emergency meeting on the Millennium Development Goals in New York.
Statement by the ONE Campaign on Call with Senator McCain and Governor Palin
New York, N.Y…. The ONE Campaign and co-founder Bono spoke by telephone this afternoon with Senator John McCain, Governor Sarah Palin, and members of the McCain campaign policy staff about the issue of extreme poverty, especially in Africa.
Bono on this week’s United Nation’s MDG Summit
All this week, Bono and Jeffrey Sachs will be blogging for the Financial Times from the United Nation’s summit on the Millennium Development Goals.
Bold G8 action needed as rising food costs push millions more into extreme poverty
The ONE Campaign today confirmed that Bob Geldof will attend the G8 summit in Hokkaido to impress upon leaders the urgency of investing in agriculture and health in Africa – and to remind them that the G8 must fulfil their aid commitments to Africa.
Bono asks President Sarkozy to remember 925 million people facing actue hunger when setting French budget
Bono today met President Sarkozy in New York on the fringes of a critical UN meeting on global poverty.
Time to turn donors’ words on aid effectiveness into action
Tortuous negotiations end with some important steps on predictability, use of country systems and aid transparency, but much remains to be done.
The Third High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness
ONE's briefing and recommendations for HLF-3 in Accra September 2-4.
Jamie Drummond: cutting aid would have dire consequences
ONE's Jamie Drummond says we should listen to calls for all aid to Africa to cease – because they contain some valid criticisms – but we must not implement them
ONE welcomes EU 1 billion for long term solution to food crisis in developing world
Today the European Commission launched its proposal to use 1 billion euros of its unspent budget on agricultural production in the developing world, where the food crisis has hit the hardest.
Hokkaido G8 posts small gains for poorest - but little that's new
The G8 summit has yielded small gains for the poorest after difficult negotiations in Hokkaido despite domestic economic woes.
ONE on Front Page of Independent
Check out the 3 July edition of the Independent for a great article that talks about the work we are doing to pressure G8 leaders to give more and better aid.
Substantial Aid Increase by Germany
The German government agreed on an Official Development Assistance (ODA) increase of 800 Million Euros in its 2009 budget proposal on July 2.
Bold G8 action needed
The ONE Campaign today confirmed that Bob Geldof will attend the G8 summit in Hokkaido to impress upon leaders the urgency of investing in agriculture and health in Africa – and to remind them that the G8 must fulfil their aid commitments to Africa.
Brussels Results
European leaders agreed on Friday to a new Agenda for Action on poverty which sets milestones and targets for the delivery of aid commitments around issues such as health and education.
TICAD IV: Turning Consensus into Action:
Fighting Poverty and Disease at TICAD IV and the Toyako-Hokkaido G8 Summit ONE makes recommendations to the Japanese government and to the G8 member states on improving health, agriculture, education and aid delivery in Africa.
2008 DATA Report Being Released in June
ONE's comprehensive report of the G8's progress on their promises to the world's poorest nations.
G8 Summit 2008
We're making progress against poverty, but there is still much to be done. Find out more about the upcoming G8 conference and how you can influence the outcome.
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ONE CAMPAIGN and DATA to Merge, Creating World Class Advocacy Organization to Fight Extreme Poverty
ONE: The Campaign to Make Poverty History and the advocacy organization DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade Africa) today announced that they will merge into a single organization dedicated to dramatically reducing extreme poverty around the globe, particularly in Africa.
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