Gert van der Hoek
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UN announces Ebola mission, adopts resolution to fight outbreak
UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response, or UNMEER, established at Security Council meeting in New York as Secretary-General and WHO stress the threat to whole world from the deadly virus
PUBLISHED : Friday, 19 September, 2014
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday announced a new mission to fight the spread of Ebola in West Africa as the Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution calling on the removal of travel bans on nations most impacted by the public health crisis.
?The suffering and spillover effects in the region and beyond demand the attention of the entire world,? Ban told Security Council members in the rare emergency session called to address the growing international health threat. ?Ebola matters to us all.?
Ban explained the ?unprecedented situation? required ?unprecedented steps? necessitating the establishment of the new UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response, or UNMEER. He aims to have the mission?s advance team on the ground before the end of the month.
More: SCMP
19 Sep 2014
With Spread of Ebola Outpacing Response, Security Council Adopts Resolution 2177 (2014) Urging Immediate Action, End to Isolation of Affected States
SC/11566
Security Council
7268th Meeting (PM)
Secretary-General Opens Meeting with Briefings by United Nations Coordinator for Ebola, World Health Organization, M?decins Sans Fronti?res
Determining that the ?unprecedented extent? of the Ebola outbreak in Africa constituted a threat to international peace and security, the Security Council this afternoon called on Member States to respond urgently to the crisis and to refrain from isolating the affected countries.
Resolution 2177 (2014) was adopted unanimously during a meeting that heard a statement from United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and briefings by the Senior United Nations System Coordinator for Ebola, David Nabarro, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Margaret Chan, and a M?decins Sans Fronti?res health worker, Jackson K.P. Niamah, via video-teleconference from Liberia.
Through the resolution, the Council requested the Secretary-General to ensure that all relevant United Nations sections accelerated their response to the outbreak, encouraging the World Health Organization (WHO) to strengthen its technical leadership and operational support to Governments and other partners in that effort.
Read the report from UN Security Council
UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response, or UNMEER, established at Security Council meeting in New York as Secretary-General and WHO stress the threat to whole world from the deadly virus
PUBLISHED : Friday, 19 September, 2014
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday announced a new mission to fight the spread of Ebola in West Africa as the Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution calling on the removal of travel bans on nations most impacted by the public health crisis.
?The suffering and spillover effects in the region and beyond demand the attention of the entire world,? Ban told Security Council members in the rare emergency session called to address the growing international health threat. ?Ebola matters to us all.?
Ban explained the ?unprecedented situation? required ?unprecedented steps? necessitating the establishment of the new UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response, or UNMEER. He aims to have the mission?s advance team on the ground before the end of the month.
More: SCMP
19 Sep 2014
With Spread of Ebola Outpacing Response, Security Council Adopts Resolution 2177 (2014) Urging Immediate Action, End to Isolation of Affected States
SC/11566
Security Council
7268th Meeting (PM)
Secretary-General Opens Meeting with Briefings by United Nations Coordinator for Ebola, World Health Organization, M?decins Sans Fronti?res
Determining that the ?unprecedented extent? of the Ebola outbreak in Africa constituted a threat to international peace and security, the Security Council this afternoon called on Member States to respond urgently to the crisis and to refrain from isolating the affected countries.
Resolution 2177 (2014) was adopted unanimously during a meeting that heard a statement from United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and briefings by the Senior United Nations System Coordinator for Ebola, David Nabarro, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Margaret Chan, and a M?decins Sans Fronti?res health worker, Jackson K.P. Niamah, via video-teleconference from Liberia.
Through the resolution, the Council requested the Secretary-General to ensure that all relevant United Nations sections accelerated their response to the outbreak, encouraging the World Health Organization (WHO) to strengthen its technical leadership and operational support to Governments and other partners in that effort.
Read the report from UN Security Council