Ebola – A Threat to Sustainable Development

Friday, 5 December 2014, 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Media Coverage

• World must do 'whatever it takes' to ensure recovery of Ebola-affected countries ...
  UN News Centre 
  5 December 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed today to members of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) “to do whatever it takes” to help the West African countries hardest hit by Ebola grow back stronger and more ...

• UN urges int'l support for recovery of Ebola-affected countries
  Xinhua 
  UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- Senior UN officials warned Friday that economies of the Ebola-hit countries have experienced significant setbacks, and called for enhanced and coordinated international support for the recovery efforts. "The international ...

• Ebola knocking down economic growth of Guinea, Liberia and ...
  Xinhua - Dec 5, 2014
  The secretary-general made the statement at a special meeting of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on the threat of Ebola on ...

• Africa: Secretary-General Tells Economic and Social Council Ebola's 'Hard ...
  AllAfrica.com
  I thank the President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for convening this important and timely meeting. Global solidarity has brought us a long way in addressing Ebola. And, I join the President of ECOSOC in expressing my deepest ...

• Ebola-hit countries seek recovery plan to "keep standing"
  Zee News - ‎Dec 5, 2014‎
  United Nations: Ebola-hit countries urged the United Nations on Friday to come up with an economic recovery plan to help them cushion the outbreak`s devastating blow on agriculture, mining and public finances. Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone have all ...

• UN chief urges sustainable development focus beyond Ebola threat
  Examiner.com - ‎Dec 5, 2014‎‎
  In a speech at the Economic and Social Council Meeting on Ebola in New York City on Friday United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for a focus on rebuilding regions which have been plagued by the Ebola virus. He urged a recovery mission ...

• Sierra Leone seeing 80-100 new Ebola cases daily
  Associated Press - Dec 5, 2014
  The two other hard-hit countries, Liberia and Guinea, did meet the deadline, and the U.N.'s Ebola chief Dr. David Nabarro said the number of ...

• Ensure recovery of Ebola-affected countries – Ban
  Media For Freedom - Dec 5, 2014
  News | Ensure recovery of Ebola-affected countries – Ban by media for ... a special ECOSOC meeting at UN headquarters on “Ebola: A threat to ...

• Ban Ki-moon: Ebola Damaged Economies of Guinea, Liberia, Sierra ...
  Sputnik International - Dec 5, 2014
  David Nabarro, UN Special Envoy on Ebola, said during the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) special meeting on the threat of the ...

• Ebola, OMS: possibili epidemie future in 22 Paesi dell'Africa
  Meteo Web - Dec 5, 2014
  Sulla situazione nei tre paesi colpiti Chen, insieme all'inviato Onu David Nabarro, ha affermato che serve uno sforzo maggiore per raggiungere ...

• Ban Ki-moon says the world must do 'whatever it takes' to ensure recovery of ...
  Newstime Africa - ‎Dec 5, 2014
  NEW YORK,– PRN Africa — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed today to members of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) “to do whatever it takes” to help the West African countries hardest hit by Ebola grow back 

• Guinea: Ebola Epidemic Could Drain $3-4 Billion From Sub ...
  AllAfrica.com - Dec 5, 2014
  The deadly Ebola outbreak could inflict $3-4 billion in losses on the ..... Moderated by Paul Farmer, Co-Founder, Partners in Health, and ...

• ECOSOC convenes "Threat of Ebola on sustainable development" meeting
  Kuwait News Agency - ‎Dec 5, 2014‎
  NEW YORK, Dec 5 (KUNA) -- The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) convened Friday a special meeting on the threat of Ebola on sustainable development. The ECOSOC President, Martin Sajdik, expressed readiness to help mobilize all its ...

• Two Doctors in Sierra Leone Die of Ebola in Single Day
  Beta Wired - Dec 5, 2014
  Two Sierra Leone doctors died of Ebola virus in just a single day, ... on Ebola of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Guinea's ...

• UN Boss Says World Must do ‘whatever it Takes’ to ensure recovery of Ebola-affected Countries
  New Liberian - Dec 5, 2014
  The United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon appealed to members of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) this week “to do whatever it takes” to help the West African countries hardest hit by Ebola…

• Países afetados pelo Ebola reivindicam plano de recuperação ...
  Yahoo Noticias Brasil/AFP - Dec 5, 2014
  Os países afetados pelo vírus Ebola instaram as Nações Unidas nesta ... no Conselho Econômico e Social das Nações Unidas (ECOSOC).

• Ebola: Ban Ki-Moon appelle à une solidarité financière
  Le Magazine du Manager - Dec 5, 2014
  ... des pays africains touchés par la fièvre hémorragique à virus Ebola. ... unies (ECOSOC) sur le virus Ebola pour le développement durable.

• Llama ONU a reforzar sistemas de salud de países afectados por ... 
  El Arsenal, diario administrado y hecho por periodistas - Dec 5, 2014
  En una reunión del Consejo Económico y Social de la ONU (ECOSOC) para analizar el tema del ébola como amenaza al desarrollo sostenible ...

• Ensure Recovery of Ebola-affected Countries, Nigeria, Others Urged
  THISDAY Live - Dec 6, 2014
  Nigeria is a member of the UN ECOSOC and her three-year term is expiring this year 2014. There are 13 other African member-countries ...

• Ban Ki-moon appelle à une attention planétaire aux économies des ...
  Abidjan.net - Dec 6, 2014
  ... unies (ECOSOC, selon le sigle anglais) au sujet de la menace que présente le virus Ebola pour le développement durable qui s'est déroulée ...

• Ebola : l'ONU veut aider les pays durement affectés par l'épidémie à ...
  Courrier du Vietnam - Dec 7, 2014
  À l'occasion d'une réunion du Conseil économique et social des Nations unies (ECOSOC) consacrée au redressement des pays d'Afrique de ...

• UN Appeals for Global Aid to Ebola-Affected West African Countries
  Women of China - Dec 7, 2014
  Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed on December 5 to members of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) "to do ...