Media Centre
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ONE welcomes the EU’s long-term budget deal
Brussels – In reaction to the European Parliament’s consent to the EU’s next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), Emily Wigens, EU Director at The ONE Campaign, reacted: “After more than 2 years and half of proposals and negotiations, the EU’s new long-term budget has finally been agreed. We would have liked to have seen a more…
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ONE sounds the alarm on the cost of delaying the approval of the aid budget
Brussels – Amid signals that the negotiations for the Neighbourhood, Development, and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) may be pushed into 2021, ONE is reminding all parties of the serious costs delays could inflict on the EU’s partners. Postponing the approval of the EU’s long term budget’s external instrument would dangerously risk the delivery of essential…
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“A TANTALISING GLIMPSE OF THE POSSIBLE” Debate on IP waiver raises prospect of accelerating the end of COVID-19 pandemic
ONE statement on debate at the World Trade Organisation about certain IP protections known as Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) could be temporarily waived in relation to COVID-19 vaccines, tests, and treatments.
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EU-Africa High Level group launch of a new Africa Europe Foundation
The Africa Europe Foundation, a partnership between ONE, Friends of Europe, The Mo Ibrahim Foundation, and the African Climate Foundation, aims to help shape political commitments and partnership towards the fight against poverty.
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ONE responds to news of Pfizer/BioNTech UK vaccine approval, warns rich countries must not hoard vaccines at expense of poor
Today’s good news about the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine being approved is also a reminder that rich countries must not hoard the vaccine at the expense of the poor, or it risks prolonging the pandemic
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ONE sounds the alarm: the European Parliament supports making development aid conditional to migration control
Brussels – The European Parliament voted in favour yesterday of a report on “Improving development effectiveness and efficiency of aid” which makes development aid conditional to migration control. In reaction to this, Brandon Locke, Policy & Advocacy Manager at the anti-poverty group, ONE, said: “Development aid should not come with conditions linked to political objectives…
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ONE responds to cuts to UK aid budget in Chancellor’s Spending Review
If nothing else, 2020 has served as a wake-up call about the importance of addressing global challenges. Today’s announcement suggests that the British Government didn’t get the message.
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ONE Campaign statement on proposed cuts to UK aid
Proposed cuts to UK aid would undermine the UK’s international standing, but also pose a risk to people both at home and abroad.
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ONE urges the G20 to be more ambitious with their Common Framework proposal
As G20 Finance Ministers gather for the last time this year, Dr David McNair, ONE’s Global Policy Director, warned time is running out for the world’s poorest countries. Following Zambia’s default on its debt repayments over the weekend, and a disappointing statement from the G20 previewing their “Common Framework for Debt Treatments beyond the DSSI”,…
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ONE reacts to Moderna COVID-19 vaccine trial
Reacting to the new Moderna vaccine trial being nearly 95% effective, Jenny Ottenhoff, Senior Policy Director at the ONE Campaign said: “This is extremely good news, but the fight to end the pandemic is far from over. Warning signs are clear that the world’s richest countries have already secured over half of the anticipated supply…
