UN General Assembly
2014

with reference to Ebola, last Thursday. The Security Council resolution was adopted with the highest-ever number of sponsors and was swiftly followed the next day by General Assembly resolution 69/1, which unanimously approved a proposal to establish the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response. Samoa welcomes the rapid, decisive and coordinated response of United Nations Member States and agencies, and in particular the proactive role the Secretary-General played in mobilizing both the political will and the material resources necessary to respond to this grave crisis. The global response to the Ebola outbreak is a powerful illustration of what is possible when States collaborate and coordinate to assist each other in achieving common and critical goals. Such unified responses have tangible results and save lives. Samoa encourages all Member States to take this spirit of cooperation forward, and to harness and follow this example when dealing with other critical global issues. As we meet here at the United Nations, the rise in extremism has a taken a turn for the worst. Radical militants are committing unspeakably brutal