Ebola Update - Noon Briefing (12 November 2014)

United Nations Nov12, 2014
Ebola Update by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the United Nations Secretary-General at the Daily Noon Briefing at UN Headquarters in New York.
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(Update)
LIBERIA/EBOLA
The Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Hervé Ladsous, briefed the Security Council this morning on the UN Mission in Liberia, UNMIL (video: ) saying that we are no longer seeing signs that security could seriously deteriorate in the country heavily-affected by Ebola.
However, he said it would be appropriate to defer consideration of the drawdown of UN troops and police, until the Ebola crisis is over.
We have his remarks in our office.
Meanwhile, Dr David Nabarro, the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Ebola gave this morning a briefing to Non-Governmental Organizations, here at Headquarters (Video: ).
He expressed his admiration for those working on the frontlines of the outbreak and stressed the major role they are playing in awareness raising, fund raising and making a difference on the ground.
The event has been webcast and is available at .
And tomorrow, Dr Nabarro and the Head of the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response, Anthony Banbury, will brief the General Assembly on Ebola and they will then by my guests at the Noon Briefing.