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ONE: President’s Long-Awaited Global Development Plan Sets Right Course, Focuses on Results, Growth and Accountability
ONE CEO David Lane issued the following statement on President Obama’s United States Global Development Strategy laid out today at the UN Millennium Development Goals Summit.
ONE Announces “ONE Vote 2010” Advisory Committee
Washington, D.C. – Today, ONE unveiled a bipartisan group of political leaders, strategists and policy experts who will advise the ONE Vote 2010 campaign. Launched in July, ONE Vote 2010 is the organization’s midterm elections campaign to educate voters and candidates about the importance of American leadership in the eradication of extreme poverty and preventable disease. Extreme poverty is defined as living on less than $1.25 a day.
ONE: Obama, World Leaders Must Turn Words into Action
Washington, DC – U.S. ONE Executive Director Sheila Nix released the following statement regarding the contents of a draft UN accord to be adopted at the Millennium Development Goals summit this month.
ONE Welcomes the Washington Post’s Michael Gerson
Michael Gerson joins ONE for Year-Long Policy Fellowship to Focus on Governance and Economic Growth.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Transitions The Living Proof Project to ONE
ONE to Expand The Living Proof Project to Reach New Audiences in More Countries with New Success Stories and Innovative Content.
ONE Launches “ONE Vote 2010”
Bipartisan 2010 election effort aims to raise awareness of American leadership in fight against global poverty and disease.
Bono: Transparency Policy in Banking Bill Battles Corruption Abroad, Helps World’s Poorest Hold Leaders Accountable
Cardin-Lugar Amendment Brings Transparency to Government Stewardship.
New U.S. Development Approach Welcomed
ONE looks forward to concrete plan to tackle poverty at UN Summit in Semptember
FOREIGN OP BUDGET CUTS HIT WORLD’S POOREST, STEPS BACK ON AMERICA’S COMMITMENTS
Washington, DC – Today, a House Appropriations Subcommittee marked up the FY2011 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations bill, which cut the President’s FY2011 request by $4 billion. Representing less than 1.5 percent of the total budget, the State and Foreign Ops bill is the primary source of funding for America’s foreign assistance programs that deliver critical global health, development, and hunger-fighting efforts.
BONO on G8/G20 Summits, upcoming UN session on MDGs
Bono, U2 lead singer and co-founder of ONE, issued the following statement on the G8/G20 Summits and the upcoming United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals Session in September.
G20 working groups should provide opportunity for new African partnership
Toronto – Today, 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.
African must have great voice at G20 table
Toronto – Today, the G8 Summit in Muskoka will wrap up and expand to the larger G20 Summit in Toronto, a major forum for international economic cooperation. 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.