UN Security Council
2018

WHO and other actors to respond to the Ebola outbreak in an extremely challenging and dangerous environment, 18-18162 (E) *1818162* S/RES/2439 (2018) Underscoring the need to address the security situation in the areas affected by the disease and condemning all attacks against civilians, Expressing outrage and condemning in the strongest terms the recent attacks and the killings of two Congolese health workers attached to a Congolese army unit helping to combat the Ebola outbreak in the DRC, Recalling resolution 2286 (2016) and urging all parties to the armed conflict to ensure full, safe, immediate and unhindered access for humanitarian personnel and medical personnel, to patients and others in need; condemning acts of violence, attacks and threats intentionally directed against medical personnel and humanitarian personnel exclusively engaged in medical duties, their means of transport and equipment, as well as hospitals and other medical facilities, exclusively fulfilling a medical or humanitarian function, as a violation of international humanitarian law; and deploring the long-term consequences of such attacks for the civilian population and the health-care system of the DRC,