Press Releases

4 May 2006

“Americans sent over 350,000 letters and emails to the White House and Congress calling on them to do more to fight global AIDS and extreme poverty in the world’s poorest countries. Today, the House of Representatives failed to answer that call when lives are in the balance.

25 April 2006

ONE announced its new website today, continuing an unprecedented campaign to reach and engage millions of Americans in the fight against global AIDS and extreme poverty at WWW.ONE.ORG.

10 April 2006

ONE announced today the MTV broadcast premiere of its new campaign to reach and engage millions of Americans in the fight against global AIDS and extreme poverty.

21 March 2006

Today, local Dubuque ONE volunteer Rev. Joan Fumetti delivered over 160,000 letters to Iowa Congressman Nussle, asking him to boldly lead Congress in fully funding the fight against global AIDS and extreme poverty.

16 March 2006

U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Rick Santorum (R-PA) today applauded the passage of their amendment to increase the United States’ contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria to $866 million in fiscal year 2007.

1 March 2006

ONE announced a new internet campaign today to reach and engage millions of Americans in the fight against global AIDS and extreme poverty

2 February 2006

Addressing the National Prayer Breakfast, U2 lead singer and DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa) co-founder Bono today called on faith leaders and policy makers to support life-saving initiatives to fight global AIDS and extreme poverty, asking for their support of ONE and an additional 1% of the U.S. federal budget for effective international assistance.

18 December 2005

Today, trade ministers completed trade talks critical to the outcome of the World Trade Organization Doha Development round. While the agreement makes some progress on changing the rules of trade, international trade negotiators have missed a crucial opportunity in Hong Kong to fight poverty though the real reform of trade.

9 December 2005

Tomorrow, December 10th, ONE will be joined in the fight against global AIDS and extreme poverty by the states of Iowa, Connecticut and Maine and cities across the country from Gary, Indiana to Chattanooga, Tennessee, while Illinois will become the first state to introduce a “State of ONE” joint resolution in their Legislature.

25 September 2005

The world’s finance ministers have reached agreement to cancel the debts of up to 38 of the poorest countries, freeing up close to $1-$1.5 billion each year once all 38 have qualified, funding which will put schools, health clinics and clean water into more communities

16 September 2005

Tens of thousands of ONE campaigners wrote President Bush and asked him to come to the World Summit in New York and reiterate support for the Millennium Development Goals.

15 August 2005

Tonight, for the first time ever, the United Nations will allow an advocacy group to project a message of hope and activism on the side of the UN General Assembly Building.