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Anti-corruption campaigners call on Prime Minister to deliver on transparency
International anti-corruption activists took their message to Downing Street with The ONE Campaign this morning, urging Prime Minister David Cameron to deliver strong commitments on transparency at the G8 Summit.
Lancet report – reaction from the ONE campaign
Molly Kinder, Director of Agriculture and Nutrition policy at ONE said: “The Lancet series today shocked us into a new truth: undernutrition is an even deadlier threat to child survival than we ever thought. The new report shows that 3.1 million children every year die because of the underlying problem of undernutrition – that accounts for 45% of all child deaths under 5 years of age. These alarming facts are now irrefutable: undernutrition is responsible for 600,000 more child deaths each year than was previously realised.
ONE applauds Tullow Oil for publishing payment information
The ONE Campaign applauds Tullow Oil’s decision to publish, for the first time, information detailing its payments to governments around the world.
ONE Welcomes UN Vision for Post-2015 Development Goals
The ONE Campaign welcomes today’s report from the United Nations’ High Level Panel (HLP) outlining its vision for the next set of global development goals.
Report reveals wide disparities in Africa poverty goal progress
New analysis published today shows that 30 countries in sub-Saharan Africa have accelerated progress in the last three years on reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and 16 are on track to halve extreme poverty by 2015, but further momentum is at risk due to laggard countries where progress has stalled or gone into reverse.
ONE responds to the outcome of the European Development Ministers’ Meeting
Eloise Todd, Brussels director at ONE said: “Millions of children, particularly in Africa, still suffer throughout their lives because of stunting caused by under-nutrition during their mother’s pregnancy or early in life. We welcome today’s decision to back the EU’s new strategy for reducing under nutrition in developing countries.
ONE responds to the UK and France EITI announcement
Responding to the UK’s decision to join the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative, Adrian Lovett, Europe Executive Director at ONE said: “Today’s announcement is another step in the right direction by David Cameron in the fight against extreme poverty. Coming just six weeks after the historic political deal was reached in Europe on new rules requiring extractive companies to declare their payments to foreign governments, the implementation of EITI shows continued political will by the UK and France to support transparency in the extractive sectors both at home and abroad and sends a strong and clear message.
ONE responds to the outcome of the Mali donor conference
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.
ONE responds to renewed EU commitments on vaccines, HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria
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.
ONE hails deal on EU oil sector transparency rules
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.
The Final 1000 Days: Accelerating the Fight against Extreme Poverty
As new OECD data shows donors faltering, ONE calls for a ‘sprint to the finish’ to meet 2015 goals.
New figures show EU aid drops for second year running; just 1000 days left to hit global poverty goals
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.