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ONE Response to UK Global Covid Summit Announcement
Today the Global Covid Summit took place, where donors were asked to provide new pledges to boost the international pandemic response. The UK, for the third time, did put anything new on the table.
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ONE reaction to the European Commission’s commitment at the 2nd Global COVID Summit
Brussels – This Thursday, the US, Germany, Indonesia, Senegal and Belize co-hosted a summit on the global COVID 19 response. These meetings come in the wake of new data issued by the WHO showing that the global death toll from the pandemic is now over 15 million. The EU committed 300 million EUR on a…
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Activists challenge world leaders to tackle converging crises at upcoming global summits
Washington DC – In the face of an unchecked pandemic, an uneven global recovery and a new food and energy crisis, world leaders need to step up and act at high level meetings taking place this week in the United States and Europe. “The West’s response to the war in Ukraine shows that governments can…
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ONE reacts to the IMF World Economic Outlook report
Today, the IMF released its flagship World Economic Outlook report where it downgraded its global growth projections down by almost 1% in 2022 from January’s projections and a slow down from 6.1% in 2021 to 3.6% in 2022 and 2023. Concerningly, the new projections also show a persistent divergence between emergent and developing economies and…
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ONE welcomes IMF Board’s decision to back the Resilience and Sustainability Trust (RST)
The ONE Campaign, the global anti-poverty organisation, released the below statement following the news that the IMF Executive Board officially endorsed the creation of the Resilience and Sustainability Trust (RST) as a new mechanism to support countries in responding to the pandemic and longer-term development challenges. Amy Dodd, Policy Director at ONE, said: “We welcome…
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Aid spending flatlines as converging crises threaten economic catastrophe for the poorest countries
Anti-poverty organisation the ONE Campaign today warned that more countries could be pushed to the brink if aid levels continue to stagnate, as new analysis shows the scale of the economic crises facing the world’s poorest people. The warning comes as the latest OECD-DAC figures show that despite unprecedented pressures created by the pandemic, there…
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ONE Response to NAO report on cutting of aid from 0.7% to 0.5% of National Income
Today (Thursday, 31st March), the National Audit Office has released a report which looks at the decision to cut UK aid from 0.7% of National Income to 0.5%. The report found that the sudden nature of the decision meant that it compromised on strategic, long-term programmes, and put value for money of UK aid at risk.
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Ukraine crisis shows Sunak’s sums no longer add up
The increasing fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine shows the rationale for keeping the cut to UK aid is out of date and the return to previous levels must be accelerated, according to anti-poverty group The ONE Campaign.
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ONE responds to the two-year anniversary since WHO declared COVID-19 a global pandemic
Reflecting on tomorrow’s two-year anniversary (11 March) since the World Health Organisation declared COVID-19 as a global pandemic, Jenny Ottenhoff, ONE’s Senior Policy Director, said: “While the eyes of the world are on the escalating tragedy in Ukraine, today’s milestone should be a reminder that we are still caught up in a global pandemic that…
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ONE Responds to impact of aid cuts on women and girls
“By being left in the dark, NGOs can not properly scrutinize the effect of the cuts, and are unable to hold the FCDO to account – something the Taxpayer rightly expects to ensure value for money.”