Excerpts on Ebola: UN Secretary-General Opening Remarks at Press Conference
New York, 16 September 2014
“Ladies and Gentlemen,
We will also place a special focus on Ebola Virus Disease, which is a cause of huge concern in West Africa and beyond.
Two days from now, the Security Council will convene an emergency meeting on the outbreak. WHO Director General Margaret Chan and I will outline the international action plan to contain this threat.
Next week, the General Assembly will follow-up with a High-Level Meeting on the needs of the people and countries affected by Ebola.
Generous contributions are being announced each day – but we have a lot of catching up to do to provide the health services, food, water, sanitation and supplies that are needed.
Every day we delay, the cost and the suffering will grow exponentially.
We cannot allow bans on travel or transport to slow us down.
We need isolation of people affected by Ebola – not of nations struggling to cope with it.
This is not just a health crisis; it has grave humanitarian, economic and social consequences that could spread far beyond the affected countries. The United Nations is determined to meet this test of international cooperation and solidarity. But we will need to be as bold and courageous as those who are already fighting on the frontline of the disease.
That is why we are mobilizing – and why the United Nations will be the centre for action in responding to the outbreak.
Ebola is an exponential crisis that demands an exceptional global response.”
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