secretary-general kofi annan has accused the world's richest countries of acting too slowly. >> if the crisis had hit some other region, it probably would have been handled very differently. in fact, when you look at the evolution of the crisis, the international community really woke up when the disease got to america and europe. >> well, we can join the eu commissioner responsible for international cooperation and humanitarian aid. she's in brussels. thank you very much for joining us on "gmt." yourp europe's response has been pretty pathetic, hasn't it? >> very hard to say that the european commission was the first to fund the fight against ebola, when it was announced on march 21st, we were there virtually the next day. today our contribution stands at the 180 million euros. but i would focus the discussion on what we must do more. >> well, let's just consider the sum you've just put forward. 125 million euros, did you say. >> 180. >> 180. >> 180 million euros from the commission. but together with our member states -- >> yeah, yeah, yeah. but let's just stick with the commission.

secretary-general kofi annan is speaking out against the quarantine of nurse hickox. he said similar new measures in other states are overtly political as midterm elections approach. and told cnn's richard quest, part of the reason the disease has spread is tied to geography. >> the only way we can get ahead of this game is to contain the epidemic in west africa by getting additional health workers in, getting in helicopters, medevacks, and all the equipments we need. if we discourage the health workers from getting in, we are not going to be able to contain this, and we'll all be at risk. if that happened elsewhere other than africa, the response would have been faster. and if the disease had been in a richer country, we would today have a medication or vaccine. we've known about ebola for 40 years, but it's a poor man's disease. >> kofi annan speaking there with our richard quest. >>> well, australia is trying to protect its people from ebola, by imposing new travel restrictions. they include suspending immigration from ebola-affected countries. let's turn to our an

secretary-general kofi annan criticized the global response, saying it's been too slow. >> when you lookevolution of the crisis, the international community really woke up when the disease got to america and europe. and yet we should have known that in this interconnected world, it was only a question of time. >> the focus of this crisis has so far been on the country's hardest hit. liberia, sierra leone, and guinea. now the world health organization says it will also concentrate its efforts on the countries that border them, ivory coast, guinea besow, mali, and senegal. part of that response is training those in the front lines of this crisis. here in the democratic republic of congo, health workers were being trained before being sent into west africa. there's a growing chorus for countries to give more money to the region, but those on the ground say what they really need is more staff. >> we need more people to come to work here. we don't need money. we need people. we need hands and legs. >> reporter: there are some signs of progress. senegal and nigeria are expected to be declared

general kofi annan to find a solution to the crisis in syria. >> i don't think you can do it with military means alone. they need to find diplomatic ways of pressure iing all the supporters. and you need the key players in the country, you need iran, saudi arabia, you need qatar and egypt. but it has to be a sustained effort with a clear objective with how to approach the issue. a fragile coalition where members of the coalition have different ideas and different xerp interpretation of what they have to do. >> would you be against the boots on the ground? >> where would you find them? everybody is saying we don't want to put boots on the ground. countries in the neighborhood have indicated that. i have not seen any of us who are volunteering to go in. the americans, the u.k., france and others have made it clear they are not going in. and none of the neighbors have offered to go in. so the idea is to train 5,000 soldiers to take the fight to isis. training takes time. after working with the military, i know how long it takes to prepare. >> you can catch the full cnbc conversation with kofi

and kofi annan said that he was disappointed, first of all, with the international community for not moving faster in this world we are in it together. when you hear that in a city like monrovia there wasn't even a single bed for a patient with ebola, then you know how desperate the situations are. we go to the senior health director with the international rescue committee. doctor, thank you for your time. you're just back. >> that's correct. >> what country were you in? >> i was in liberia. >> so you were in liberia. one of the epicenter states. describe the conditions. tell me what you saw. >> i saw a lot of bad things. i saw dead bodies and loos also a lot of fear. i saw a man who had a huge abscess on his face in his teeth. he said he couldn't get care anywhere because he was so focused on--because everybody else, the health workers, were focused on ebola. >> tell us about the response effort that you were able to witness on the ground. how would you characterize it? >> i would characterize it as large and growing. i think there are few missing pieces. one missing piece in partic

. >> kofi annan is also speaking out against the quarantine of nurse hickox. >> it's not backed up by science. the doctors from world health organization to cdc here and other countries have indicated the west knew what to do is to close up the border, to come up with this sort of restrictions. and scare away potential help. >> reporter: when governor christi says his first responsibility is the public safety and public health of the people in new jersey, how do you square that circle? >> oh, i agree with him, that our concern should be for the public safety and public health. but if that is a concern we also have to accept that the only way you can deal with it and protect the people in the medium to long term is to stop the epidemic. if you come with procedures and approaches that scares off the health workers and they are not going to go to where the issue is to help stem it, are you not in the end going to be ahead of the game. >> such an important point there as well, because there is a desperate need for more health care workers to head to west africa. and they're all watching w

. >>> well kofi annan is criticizing new jersey's governor over the quarantine order.e says similar actions will discourage health care workers from going to west africa. he says their presence in west africa is critical to stopping the outbreak. take a listen. >> the only way we can get ahead of this game is to contain the epidemic in west africa by getting additional health workers in, getting in helicopters, medevacs and all the equipment we need. if we discourage the health workers from getting in, we will all be at risk. >> well, australia is trying to protect its people from ebola by imposing new travel restrictions. they include restricting immigration from ebola-affected countries. a lot of criticism. we'll get to that in a moment. but first, let's go through these new travel restrictions, exactly what they entail in australia at this point. >> reporter: yeah, rosemary. it's dramatic moves from the australian government. basically, what they have said is anyone seeking a visa application to travel from ebola-affected countries, meaning those ones in west africa

secretary-general kofi annan. here's what he had to say. >> the only way we can get ahead of this game is to contain the epidemic in west africa by getting additional health workers in, getting the hlgs in, medevacs and all the equipment we need. if we discourage the health workers from getting in are we are not going to be able to contain and this and all be at ri risk. the u.s. army is sorting controlled monitoring and they're being monitored in italy after a trip to west africa. there's no word yet from the white house on whether it will impose a mandatory quarantine on all u.s. military personnel returning from west africa. >>> but the european union's ebola czar addressed the media monday days after he was named to that post and says a staggering number of medical personnel are needed to help stop the spread of the disease. take a listen. >> from 1,000 at present to 5,000 as soon as possible. every bed requires eight support staff. this means we need to mobilize immediately at least 40,000 staff. >> desperate

this on the heels of an arrest and court appearance yesterday in chicago of 19-year-old mohamed kofi annan picked up at the airport by the fbi joint terrorism task force. they said he was trying to fly to the middle east to take up arms against americans and essentially, quote, wage jihad. we'll talk later on in the newscast at 5:00 tonight about why it is so easy to recruit these so-called home grown terrorists and why the fbi had pretty harsh words as far as the terminology goes. they don't like the term lone wolf. we'll tell you what they recommend. that's coming up in about an hour. >> thank you, scott. don't forget our town hall. your voice your future. >> it'll focus on the new terror threat. the townhall will air thursday, october 16th from 8:00 to 9:00 p.m. you can attend the townhall in person by signing up on our website wjla.com/townhall. >> well, kendis, new hands free gadgets in your car may not always make for a safer ride. that is the result of a new triple-a study. in a 7 on your side consumer alert tonight we report on the new problems created by new technology. >> it's in

. >> kofi annan echoed something that you said during the about the international response. >> if the crisis had hit some other region it probably would been handled very differently. in fact if you evolution of the crisis, the international the unity really woke up. to america and europe and then people woke up. it was only a matter of time. he is know mr. annan and spot on. he is from africa, from ghana. on the independent line, from texas. for your fair points. the problem here is not only about ebola. it is about africa. the people react is when is a natural disaster somewhere else. africa has a it needs tential. what good governance from learn . america has to from the past. the united country with ood good people. i am an african and got my ame here grateful for am this country. but the united better needs to be a partner to africa. africa has a is a rich ential and continent. the united states learn from this episode, not needs to stay in africa only stopping ebola but helping it can progress so that help itself. >> tom mcdonald? >> i agree. i would say to the the united states

. >> kofi annan echoed something that you said during the about the international response. >> if the crisis had hit some other region it probably would been handled very differently. in fact if you evolution of the crisis, the international the unity really woke up. to america and europe and then people woke up. it was only a matter of time. he is know mr. annan and spot on. he is from africa, from ghana. on the independent line, from texas. for your fair points. the problem here is not only about ebola. it is about africa. the people react is when is a natural disaster somewhere else. africa has a it needs tential. what good governance from learn . america has to from the past. the united country with ood good people. i am an african and got my ame here grateful for am this country. but the united better needs to be a partner to africa. africa has a is a rich ential and continent. the united states learn from this episode, not needs to stay in africa only stopping ebola but helping it can progress so that help itself. >> tom mcdonald? >> i agree. i would say to the the united states

skeptical to be honest with you and local cease-fires have come up at different points during kofi annan's tenure as u.n. negotiate as well as the locked our brahimi's. bsi regime proved stubbornly -- the assad regime proved stubbornly resistant. i'm skeptical that that kind of space is going to open up, and i'm similarly skeptical at the stage the assad regime's typos is going to change unless you begin to see this kind of counterweight and leverage built up in syria, which again, as i said is a tall order. i'm not naÏve about how complicated this is to do, but if you think that's the essential ingredient in setting the stage for any potential negotiated transitional leadership. >> i want to cover a number of the different hotspots, are potential hotspots, in the region. let me ask the question about iran. you were certainly involved in helping to establish a channel to the iranians in the negotiations. there's been plenty of speculation about whether it's good to be integrated or not an agreement, and i'd say people have been able to restrain their optimism about the potential for an agr