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Oil industry’s SEC lawsuit out of touch with the global drive toward greater transparency
This summer, 143,000 Americans signed on in support of the principles adopted in the SEC ruling which, when implemented, will protect investors, fight corruption, promote human rights and strengthen U.S. national security.
ONE Applauds IMF Decision to Use $2.7B to Help World’s Poorest Countries
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) to approve the use of $2.7 billion in windfall gold sales profits to keep loans to the world’s poorest countries at extremely low interest rates.
ONE’s Reaction to President Obama and Governor Romney’s Remarks on Foreign Policy at the U.N. General Assembly and the Clinton Global Initiative
SEPTEMBER 25, 2012 – Anti-poverty group ONE issued the following statement on remarks made today by President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney at the U.N. General Assembly and the Clinton Global Initiative in New York.
America Ferrera, Alexis Bledel and Twitter’s Claire Diaz-Ortiz Launch ONE Initiative to Lift Women and Girls out of Extreme Poverty
Ferrera, Bledel and Diaz-Ortiz travelled with ONE to Honduras to see first-hand how women in one of the world’s poorest countries are working to lift their families out of extreme poverty and what role US development programs have to play.
ONE Applauds Passage of Foreign Aid Reform Bill in Senate Foreign Relations Committee
ONE welcomes today’s passage of the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 (S.3310) by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Ashley Judd, Tom Daschle, David Miliband & Zimbabwean PM Discuss Global Fight Against Poverty at DNC
During a discussion co-hosted by the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and ONE, a distinguished group of U.S. and foreign leaders made the case for continued international investment in fighting global poverty and disease.
Condoleezza Rice, Senator Kelly Ayotte, and GOP Leaders Underscore Need for Strong and Effective U.S. Leadership in the Developing World
The International Republican Institute, the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition, and ONE hosted a panel discussion during the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida to highlight U.S. leadership in international development.
Bono and ONE praise SEC ruling, call transparency “the best vaccine against corruption”
ONE warmly welcomes the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) historic adoption of regulations to implement the Cardin-Lugar Amendment to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street and Consumer Protection Act of 2010.
ONE Applauds Congressional Passage of Provision to Boost US-Africa Trade
WASHINGTON, August 2, 2012 – ONE welcomes today’s passage in the House and Senate of an extension to a key provision of the Africa Growth and Opportunities Act (AGOA) that increases mutually beneficial trade ties between the U.S. and Africa and promises to lift millions of people out of poverty and into employment and prosperity.
UN panel must expand efforts to consult poorest people on new global development goals, says ONE
Anti-poverty campaign group ONE has welcomed the United Nations announcement of a 26-strong high-level panel to advise on global development beyond 2015.
Zach Galifianakis, Sarah Silverman and stars team up with ONE and Funny or Die to promote the Beginning of the End of AIDS
WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES – A new video by Zach Galifianakis featuring some of the hottest names in Hollywood is getting the message out that if the world comes together, we could be at the beginning of the end of AIDS in just a few short years.
ONE Hosts Nebraska ONE Vote 2012 Campaign Kick-off Party, announces bi-partisan State Advisory Committee
OMAHA, NE: The ONE Campaign, a global advocacy organization co-founded by Bono with 3 million members globally and over 7,000 in Nebraska hosted an official kick-off party tonight in Omaha for the NE ONE Vote 2012 campaign. The event announced its bi-partisan State Advisory Committee and highlighted the critical role that Nebraskans play in making global health and extreme poverty key foreign policy priorities in the upcoming local and presidential elections.