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UN Security Council to hold emergency
meeting to address Ebola epidemic
NEW
YORK.— The UN Security Council will hold an
emergency meeting September 18, with the objective
of coming to agreement on a worldwide response to
the Ebola outbreak in western Africa, according to
U.S. ambassador to the UN, Samantha Power, who
currently presides the Council.
The
U.S. diplomat expressed her hope that the meeting
would produce concrete commitments to confront the
epidemic which has led to the deaths of more than
2,400 persons, among the 4,784 cases identified to
date, according to AFP.
She
said the Council would discuss a coordinated
international response, and ask members to provide
assistance.
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