UN Security Council
2014

international response to the Ebola outbreak, Commending Member States, bilateral partners and multilateral organizations for the crucial assistance, including financial commitments and in -kind donations, provided to and identified for the affected people and governments of the region to support the scaling up of emergency efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and interrupt transmission of the virus, including by providing flexible funds to relevant United Nations agencies and international organizations involved in the response to enable them and national governments to purchase supplies and enhance emergency operations in the affected countries, as well as by collaborating with public and private sector partners to accelerate development of th erapies, vaccines and diagnostics to treat patients and limit or prevent further infection or transmission of the Ebola virus disease, Expressing deep appreciation to the first-line responders to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, including national and international health and humanitarian relief workers contributed by the Member States of diverse regions and non -governmental organizations such as Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and the International