Media Centre
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ONE responds to UK beginning to share doses through COVAX
Today the UK Government announced it was sharing the first batch of COVID19 vaccines, which were committed at the G7, via COVAX. Read ONE’s response.
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ONE Responds to UK aid vote
Today MPs voted on reversing the cuts to UK aid, with a Government motion passing that means the cut will stay. This is bad news for the world’s poorest people, and bad news for the UK.
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FIVE QUESTIONS THE G20 NEEDS TO ANSWER ON PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS
Venice, Italy, Friday 9th July – Later today, the G20 will publish a high-level independent panel report into pandemic preparedness. The ONE Campaign welcomes this development but warns that it cannot come at the expense of urgent efforts to end the current pandemic – especially as many low-income countries face a crippling new wave of…
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ONE Responds to UK announcement on booster doses
Romilly Greenhill, UK Director of The ONE Campaign, said “We need to be thinking bigger – it’s important to ensure people are protected at home – but it needs to happen at the same time as sharing doses with other countries. “There are millions of people around the world who have not had their first…
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ONE welcomes IMF Special Drawing Rights plan
WASHINGTON DC – The ONE Campaign released the following statement reacting to the news that the IMF Executive Board is expected to advance a USD 650 billion Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) proposal to boost global liquidity and aid economic recovery from the pandemic. David McNair, ONE’s Executive Director, Global Policy said: “This is a welcome…
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Civil society organisations call the EU to share all COVID-19 excess doses
Brussels – Responding to the leaked draft Council Conclusions of the European Council on 24-25 June and following a dud vaccine deal by the G7, anti-poverty group The ONE Campaign, Global Citizen, and the Pandemic Action Network are calling EU leaders to share all Covid-19 excess doses, develop a Global Roadmap to Vaccinate the World…
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ONE responds to joint GPE pledge announced at G7 Summit
Today, G7 and EU leaders have agreed on a joint pledge of $2.75 billion ahead of the upcoming Global Partnership for Education (GPE) replenishment conference, far below the requested 70% ($3.5 billion) of the $5 billion ask. Reacting to the announcement, Edwin Ikhuoria, ONE Africa’s Executive Director, said: “$2.75 billion is a start, but G7…
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ONE Responds to final day of Carbis Bay G7
ONE’s global and UK responses to the final day of the Carbis Bay G7 Summit in Cornwall
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ONE Responds to G7 Pandemic Preparedness Plan
The G7’s plan on Pandemic Preparedness has a lot to like. But we must keep focus on the challenge in front of us right now.
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ONE responds to UK GPE pledge
Today the UK will announce it’s pledge to the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), which it will co-host in July. The pledge itself (£430 million) is significant, however this is contrasted against the context of aid cuts, which involves significant cuts to other areas of education spending, and has lessened the UK’s diplomatic influence. Lis…
