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• Bono: Transparency Policy in Banking Bill Battles Corruption Abroad, Helps World’s Poorest Hold Leaders Accountable

  July 15 2010

  Today, the Senate passed financial regulation legislation which included the Cardin-Lugar amendment, The Energy Security Through Transparency (ESTT) Act.  The amendment requires all companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange to disclose what they pay to foreign governments for extracting resources such as oil and gas, mining materials, gold, and diamonds. The Transparency Act will be a valuable tool to advance good governance and to promote economic growth.  MORE

• FOREIGN OP BUDGET CUTS HIT WORLD’S POOREST, STEPS BACK ON AMERICA’S COMMITMENTS

  June 30 2010

  A House Appropriations Subcommittee cut the President's FY2011 request by $4 billion, slashing the primary source of funding for America's foreign assistance programs that deliver critical global health, development, and hunger-fighting efforts. MORE

• NEW U.S. DEVELOPMENT APPROACH WELCOMED

  June 30 2010

  At the G8 in Canada, President Obama outlined his administration's new approach to development, which aims to make assistance more effective and results-oriented to ensure that investments produce meaningful and lasting results.  MORE

• G20 WORKING GROUPS SHOULD PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW AFRICAN PARTNERSHIP

  June 27 2010

  The final G20 communiqué announced the creation of two working groups to focus on anti-corruption and international development. In expanding its portfolio, the G20 is acknowledging that these factors are inextricably tied to economic health and growth both in the developed and developing world, ONE said. MORE

• BONO ON G8/G20 SUMMITS, UPCOMING UN SESSION ON MDGS

  June 27 2010

  Bono, lead singer of U2 and co-founder of ONE, issued a statement on the G8/G20 Summits and the upcoming United Nations' Millennium Development Goals Session being held in September. MORE

• AFRICANS MUST HAVE GREATER VOICE AT G20 TABLE

  June 26 2010

  As the G8 Summit in Muskoka wrapped up and expanded to the larger G20 Summit in Toronto, ONE said that while the global economic situation must be addressed at both Summits, the issue of development and the promises made to the world's poorest must not be forgotten.    MORE

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