nabarro and dr. anthony and i have here visiting with me the persons who have been appointed by the united nations to help us fight this in the country in the person of peter ware. i also have with me my incident management for the ebola incident. let me go back again to say i have listened very careful to david nabarro and to anthony and what they have said has clearly described the situation in our country and the need that we have. so, i do not need to go over these things again. did i do want to say, however, that ebola has it will been in linebiera and we are trying to bear it. it is the bump in the road of our healthcare delivery program. when it is over, we don't want to have a big ditch at the end of it or behind it. the inclination has been to say that we are coming together with ebola. i want to remind you people, all of us, that ebola is in the health system that should be less stronger when ebola is over. therefore, when i see people say we are going to go ahead rid of ebola and then clos

nabarro have called for. the whole world must contribute and each country should contribute what it can. is only by working together and fast and inventively that we can end this crisis. we must rise to the occasion. we must defeat this disease. thank you. >> the special representative of the head of the united nations mission for ebola, i thank him for his briefing. i re proceeding further, several e to welcome .embers the minister of sierra leone, joining us today by video conference. the give the floor to minister of health on social elfare of liberia. >> thank you. mr. president of the general assembly, and the deputy secretary general, thank you people on behalf of my resident for organizing this special assembly to address ebola. i have listened very carefully to the statements by mr. nabarro and anthony banbury and i have here listening with me the person wh has been appointed by the united nations to help us fight this in the country in the person of peter glass. incident e with me my manager for ebol

david nabarro, the u.n. coordinator, thank mr.anthony banbury who also briefed us, special represented and head of the united nations mission for ebola and emergency response. i want to thank the ministers for health in liberia and sierra leone who spoke to us from monrovia and freetown, respectively, provided valuable information and insight on what is needed in the countries. but more importantly i want to thank you, member states, were able to come today for this briefing, and to have made, as dr. nabarro said, very insightful comments and statements. and also resources. it is a beginning, however, that we have solidarity. but i want to say, repeat what others have said, that more is needed, and i like those of not yet contributed to do so, those who have been cheated before to dig deeper in their pockets, but also keep this issue in the forefront. because so many things yet happening. i think we as united nations general assembly and united nations as a whole should keep our focus, because this is an epidemic of mammoth propor

nabarro is leading the international effort to garner support for the fight.ultilateral and bilateral partners t concentrating on operational crisis response activities on the ground. both are integral to a comprehensive strategy to fight the disease. following my appointment, i deployed to the region with a small but now growing team to start up the next. i am grateful to the government of ghana for hosting ummer's headquarters in akra which has fas ittated at a time growth. i have visited the three most affidavit countries, liberia, sierra leone and guinea for three days each. i went on the trip to listen to learn and to identify areas where unmeer can be most helpful and find ways it can accelerate the response to the crisis. i met with the president of leipbiera and president of sierra leone and of guinea t i also met with government ministers and officials, with civil society, actors

special envoy on ebola, david nabarro, said the outbreak is increasing exponentially. >> i want to stresshis outbreak is increasing in size in an exponential way, which draw it like that, the curve is going up like that. and to get on top of that kind of an epidemic curve, requires an absolutely massive response. i have asked for 20 full increase in response compared to what we have had at the end of august. >> the u.s. has acknowledged the islamic state could soon seize the syrian town of kobani on the turkish border. isis militants are already in control of one-third of kobani despite the ongoing u.s.-led airstrikes targeting the group. on wednesday, secretary of state john kerry said preventing kobani's fall is not a strategic u.s. objective. >> as her if it as it is -- horrific as it is to watch in real time, what is happening in kobani is also important to remember, you have to step back and understand the strategic objective and where we have begun over the course of the last week's. notwithstanding the crisis in targets of original our efforts to been the command and control center

david nabarro, secretary envoy, and the special agent for ebola who will be briefing the assembly on the latest crises. as you recall in the first meeting of this session, exactly three weeks ago, we looked at a resolution and it was the secretary general's initiative to establish the mission for ebola emergency response. the resolution said the united nations entities to provide full support. yesterday the assembly approved the funding required. and yesterday, global government leaders met in washington, d.c. to discuss the critical issues, needs and possible solutions for addressing the health and economic impacts of the crisis. in that meeting, leaders underscored the potential consequences if the outbreak is not quickly contained. excellencies as you well know , the situation on the ground remains extremly precarious. the humanitarian workers are doing amazing work but despite their heroic efforts the epidemic continues to ravage the communities with the death toll rising with each passing day. in light of spread of the disease, we are concerned that the outbreak evolved from a r