UN Security Council
2018

2. Encourages the government of the DRC, WHO, and other Ebola responders to continue to improve the transparency and accuracy of the daily reporting on the status of the outbreak; 3. Recalls that the Government of the DRC bears the primary responsibility to protect civilians within its territory and subject to its jurisdiction, including protection from crimes against humanity and war crimes; 4. Expresses serious concern regarding the security situation in the areas affected by the Ebola outbreak, which is severely ha mpering the response efforts and facilitating the spread of the virus in the DRC and the wider region; and calls for immediate cessation of hostilities by all armed groups, including the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF); 5. Condemns in the strongest terms all attacks by armed groups, including those posing serious security risks for responders and jeopardizing the response to the Ebola outbreak; 6. Demands that all parties to the armed conflict fully respect international law, including, as applicable, international human rights law and international humanitarian law, including their obligations under the Geneva Conventions of 1949