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ONE Campaign reacts to World Bank Annual Meeting

WASHINGTON — In response to today’s announcement by the World Bank that it will consider issuing a supplemental of emergency COVID-19 relief, The ONE Campaign released the below statement…

“IT DIDN’T GO FAR ENOUGH” – ONE response to the G20 Finance Ministers meeting

Following today’s announcement that G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors decided to extend the debt service suspension initiative for the world’s poorest countries until the end of June 2021, and agreed in…

World’s poorest countries fighting COVID-19 with both hands tied behind their backs

New analysis from the ONE Campaign warns that the world’s poorest countries could be denied $51 billion to help fight COVID-19 if international creditors refuse to offer a temporary…

ONE responds to news that COVID-19 may push 150 million people into extreme poverty

In response to the World Bank’s Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2020: Reversals of Fortune report that COVID-19 may push 150 million people into extreme poverty, Gayle Smith, CEO and…

Global crises demand strengthened cooperation and solidarity

The ONE Campaign, Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe, CONCORD, Cooperatives Europe, the European Network of Political Foundations (ENoP),  The Human Rights and Democracy Network (HRDN), the European Peacebuilding Liaison…

TOO MANY LAGGARDS AND NOT ENOUGH LEADERS

New Tracker Shows World Still Lagging On Vaccine Access – ONE launches new Vaccine Access Tracker, as CEO Gayle Smith speaks at UN event

ONE responds to news that world has passed 1 million deaths due to COVID-19

“This milestone is far more than a simple statistic. It represents a million separate tragedies – a million lives cut short and a million families left to cope.”

Britain rejects ‘vaccine nationalism’

New polling commissioned for ONE shows that the British public reject ‘vaccine nationalism’, instead supporting efforts to make sure that when a vaccine for COVID-19 is found, it is made available to people everywhere.

ONE’s response to Africa reaching over the 1 million COVID-19 cases

In response to the announcement that Africa has reached over 1 million confirmed COVID-19 cases, Edwin Ikhuoria, Africa Executive Director of the ONE Campaign, said:  “Although Africa has been spared…

A bad deal for the world’s poorest. ONE reacts to the EU’s budget deal

Brussels – European Union leaders have reportedly closed a deal on the Multiannual Financial Framework following four days and four nights of intense negotiations. The European Council agreed on a…

A MISSED OPPORTUNITY – ONE response to the G20 Finance Ministers meeting

The G20 Ministers confirmed that 42 eligible countries have requested to participate in the Debt Service Suspension Initiative

World Bank receives more than it delivers to world’s poorest countries amid COVID-19 emergency

Ahead of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting (18 July), new analysis from the ONE Campaign reveals that, since the start of the pandemic, the World Bank has received $1.7 billion from the world’s poorest countries in debt repayments.