UNMEER assures Ebola affected countries of UN wholly support

Ould Cheikh Ahmed the new Head of the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) has assured the Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf that the UN is wholly committed to supporting all affected and at-risk communities to contain the Ebola outbreak and end this crisis.
 
“Clearly, we have more work to do to get to zero,” said Ould Cheikh Ahmed. “UNMEER will stand together with the people affected and their governments until we bring this crisis to an end.”

According to Mr Ahmed, it must be everyone’s goal to pay special attention to the border areas to make zero cases in Liberia and this entire region.

He said these when he met with President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia as well as UNMEER and UNMIL staff in Liberia on Tuesday.
 
Mr Ahmed was in Liberia as part of his first tour of the three countries most affected by the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak. In each country, he will assess response efforts to stop the Ebola outbreak, and determine urgent UN priorities going forward.

Ould Cheikh Ahmed replaced former Special Representative Anthony Banbury on 5 January 2015. 

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