[RED DEMOCRATICA] UN launches special mission to stem Ebola

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | Kathy Calvin: Why we must close the gender data gap Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   September 19, 2014 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story UN launches special mission to stem Ebola The United Nations is launching the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response to combat the virus outbreak in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. Meanwhile, the Security Council unanimously passed a resolution asking countries to remove border and travel restrictions put in place to curb Ebola. 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