[RED DEMOCRATICA] Ban urges countries to pledge more to fight Ebola

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | UNMEER's Banbury: Mission won't end until "Ebola is stopped" Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   October 10, 2014 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story Ban urges countries to pledge more to fight Ebola United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, along with the presidents of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, is urging countries to increase funding for the fight against Ebola. "For those who have yet to pledge, I say please do so soon," Ban said. "This is an unforgiving disease." 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