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2014-09-18
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  1. “The sobering reality is that we are not watching a pre-recorded movie with a predetermined climax. We, the affected countries, as well as countries, institutions and individuals of good conscience across the globe, are all actors in this evolving plot and can effect the ultimate outcome, based on what we do or fail to do. It would be tragically shameful if we failed to act quickly, robustly and concertedly in putting an end to the spread of this deadly disease. We therefore thank the Security Council for the forward-looking resolution 2177 (2014), adopted here today, and encourage all Member States, to support the resolution through concrete actions. Let us all join in the Act Now campaign against Ebola.”

    2014-09-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7268 (2014) · source

  2. “The experts have put out a very gloomy prognosis for what would happen in the next few weeks or months if the global community fails to take bigger, bolder and timely action to disrupt the further transmission of Ebola. Just three weeks ago, WHO estimated that 20,000 persons run the risk of being infected, half of whom may come from Liberia alone. Two days ago, President Obama, while appropriately declaring the Ebola epidemic a potential threat to global security, expressed fears that if the current trend continues, hundreds of thousands of people may be infected with the virus. The global community cannot remain passive and allow those apocalyptic predictions to come to pass. We cannot sit idly and watch, as ifwe were watching a movie on our TV screens.”

    2014-09-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7268 (2014) · source

  3. “While we commend some members of the international community for extending hands of solidarity and empathy to us as we grapple with this virus, we are shocked and remain concerned by the actions of others in imposing travel and other restrictions on Ebola-affected countries. Those actions, which run counter to advice from the WHO, the International Civil Aviation Authority and other experts, border on blanket stigmatization and have now started to seriously undermine humanitarian efforts in our countries. We therefore call upon the concerned Member States to reconsider their policies in light of the expert advice provided by the specialized international agencies.”

    2014-09-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7268 (2014) · source

  4. “The Liberian Government and people offer deep gratitude to President Barack Obama and the people of the United States for the heart-warming announcement that the United States Government will take a host of bold and concrete initiatives, including the deployment of engineers, military and medical personnel and equipment to our region to establish new treatment units and to train national staff. As a major Power, the United States has made a major move, and it is our hope that new, additional and complementary contributions will be forthcoming to our region in a true expression of international solidarity.”

    2014-09-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7268 (2014) · source

  5. “As we mourn daily the loss of a family member, a friend or a fellow citizen as a result of Ebola, we are becoming increasingly concerned about the long-term socioeconomic difficulties that the Ebola virus disease will occasion. Liberia expresses its profound appreciation to the Secretary-General for his many initiatives, including his announcement today of a new United Nations mission - the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response, or UNMEER 4 to scale up the response and mobilize the international community to deliver urgently needed support in a coordinated manner. We thank the wider international community, including the African Union, for all the effort and the resources - financial, human, and material - that have so far been dedicated to the fight against Ebola.”

    2014-09-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7268 (2014) · source

  6. “We were also making valiant efforts to comply with regional protocols aimed at curbing the spread of small arms and light weapons and transnational crime. The Ebola outbreak has distracted our attention from those national priorities and has gravely undermined our ability to address them, with the attendant risk of adversely affecting peace and security in our country and our region. The impact of Ebola has been multidimensional. It has negatively affected all sectors of our economy and has effectively arrested the progress of our nation. A preliminary assessment points to an estimated decline in real growth of the gross domestic product of 3.4 per cent, plummeting from an earlier projection of 5.9 per cent to a low of 2.5 per cent. The mining, agriculture and services sectors are expected to bear the greatest brunt of the crisis.”

    2014-09-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7268 (2014) · source

  7. “The huge toll that Ebola has taken on health-care workers and on our general health system has seriously undermined our ability to adequately respond to routine illnesses such as malaria, typhoid fever, measles, and diarrhoea. Moreover, an increasing number of pregnant women are dying while trying to give life. Even before the outbreak, we were grappling with herculean challenges. They include finding productive employment for a significant number of our people - especially the youth, some of whom are ex-combatants - strengthening the rule of law and implementing measures for security sector reform. We were fully involved in various peacebuilding and peace consolidation activities through Liberia's engagement with the Peacebuilding Commission.”

    2014-09-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7268 (2014) · source

  8. “In spite of our efforts, buttressed by those of our international partners - prominently the World Health Organization (WHO), Medecins Sans Frontieres and the United States Center for Disease Control - the Ebola virus disease continues to sprint faster than our collective efforts to contain it. It has now extended its deadly embrace to nearly 2,800 persons in Liberia, leading to the loss of 1,500 precious lives. One hundred and seventy of our small community of health-care workers have already been infected, 80 of whom have lost their lives. Unfortunately, given that women constitute the bulk of our health-care workers and are traditionally the ones who care for sick members of the family, nearly 70 per cent of all those infected by the Ebola virus disease in Liberia are women.”

    2014-09-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7268 (2014) · source

  9. “Since the Ebola outbreak, the Government of Liberia has taken a host of measures, including the heightening of awareness and prevention campaigns to address the crystallized denial and the deep-rooted traditional practices that create fertile ground for the spread of the disease. We declared a state of emergency, and we are continuing to dedicate significant amounts of our own paltry resources to the fight. We have also enlisted the constructive involvement of our people in the battle as we constantly review and revise strategies to accommodate to the evolving nature of the crisis.”

    2014-09-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7268 (2014) · source

  10. “Until 22 March 2014 - when the Ebola virus disease invaded our country and began to wreak havoc in Foya, a small city in a tri-State area where Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone meet - the Liberian people, with the unswerving support of the United Nations Mission in Liberia, had been enjoying the dividends of the peace achieved in 2003, following 14 years of bloody civil conflict. During those years of calm, we succeeded in institutionalizing the democratic culture and had begun to take some strong steps, with the support of the United Nations and other international partners, to address the legacy of socioeconomic devastation bequeathed by the protracted Liberian civil war.”

    2014-09-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7268 (2014) · source

  11. “I bring greetings from Her Excellency Mrs. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, President of the Republic of Liberia, as well as from Liberians both at home and abroad. Liberia commends you, Madam President, and other members of the Council, for elevating the ebola crisis onto the agenda ofthis body and bringing into focus the urgency of international action. We hope that today's deliberations will spur a response from the global community that is commensurate with the speed and intensity of the Ebola challenge.”

    2014-09-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7268 (2014) · source