UN Security Council
2018

response in the DRC in collaboration with the Government, Commending Member States and multilateral organizations that have provided crucial assistance, including financial commitments, technical support and in -kind donations, to support the scaling up of emergency efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak and interrupt transmission of the virus, including by providing flexible funds to relevant UN agencies and international organizations, facilitating a more rapid and effective response and enabling them and national governments to purchase supplies and enhance emergency operations in the DRC and neighbouring countries, as well as by collaborating with public and private sector partners to accelerate development of therapeutics, vaccines and diagnostics to treat patients and limit or prevent further infection or transmission, Welcoming the efforts of the African Union (AU), through the Africa Centr e for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) in providing support to the government of the DRC, WHO and its partners through a united, comprehensive and collective response to the outbreak, including through the deployment of healthcare workers to the eastern part of the DRC,