Earlier, but is there anything, where are the discussions about i understand that the vote is going on right now. We will have a yes vote or a no vote. You doing that until after the vote . I will have more to say about this after the vote. We will see. A couple of followups. First on the Debbie Wassermann schultz. Does the president have complete confidence in Debbie Wassermann schultz . I ran through the track record. Does he have confidence . Based on the strong track record of leadership, the president has strong confidence in her ability to lead the organization. Okay and back to the campaign operation, whatever you want to call it against isis. Why does the president never use the word war when describing this. We had back and forth here and you eventually used it. We havent heard him say this is a war. Does he consider it a war . Yes, based on the position that i articulated. The United States in the same way that we are at war with al qaeda and the affiliates around the globe with isil. When i say we, we are talking about the broader coalition in the community being led by the United States at war with isil. What the president is describing what we are doing here as trying to do a couple of things. The president has gone to Great Lengths to describe to you in the American Public that the Counter Terrorism strategy that we are pursuing in iraq and syria is consistent with the Counter Terrorism regime that we used in other places. It is predicated on governments and local forces and backing them up where necessary to take the fight to extremist organizations on the ground and deny them a safe haven. Now, whats also clear is that this strategy is significantly different than the war fought in iraq earlier in the previous administration. The president believes thats important for people to understand too. Again, we do not envision a scenario with a column of american tanks rolling across the border with a goal of occupying significant swaths of iraqi territory. I think the effort that you are picking up on is an effort to differentiate the strategy that the president is employing in this situation from the strategy. The president said there will be no ground troops. Is that what he means, you wont see columns in american tanks. Is that where the line is drawn . So we wont have columns trying to take over swaths of territory in iraq . Again i think the president has been clear about what he ruled out. I encourage you to check his remarks. What the president said is that he is not going to put them on the ground in a combat role. That means that is the guideline that the president has laid out. There wont be long columns of tanks trying to take and occupy iraqi territory. It also means that we are not going to put American Military personnel in a situation where they are responsible for personally and engaging the enemy in the combat. They will be there and there a variety of ways they can do that. By serving in the joint Operations Center and encouraged the Security Forces and integrating them with the broader forces. There might be a scenario where American Military personnel and the advisory capacity could be deployed with the forces. They would be deployed to the air strikes and they would not be in a position to where their responsibility was to personalally or directly engage in the combat. We are going to leave the White House Briefing here to go live to the un in new york where the Security Council is meeting and combatting the ebola virus. Samantha power at any moment. Live coverage here at cspan 3. We have to give assurances to the International Aid workers who praise themselves at personal risk. I approach the leader, barack obama and welcome his announcement that the United States will deploy 3,000 troops to provide expertise in logistics, training and engineering. I thank the many governments who made contributions including canada and china and the democratic republic and france, germany, ghana, ireland, italy, japan, kenya, norway, qatar, the Russian Federation, south africa, switzerland, uganda, and the United Kingdom. I hope other countries will follow the suit. The airports ins en will go and spain are serving as logistical hops. The air force European Unions, African Development and foundation and global funds are also engaged. They are looking to all those in a position to help. The community, for example is well praised to contribute to help transport communication and information sectors. Also to Major Airlines and shipping companies to resume services to the affected countries. Isolation only hampers International Airports to reach people in need. When im present, distinguished members of the council i welcome the resolution to be adopted by the Security Council. One week from today, they are the highest level to mobilize. I cannot afford the delays. The action is a height. We need to be ahead of the outbreak and turn and face it with all our energy and strength. That of the General Assembly and all member states. E 0ni i thank his excellency for his statement and i now give the floor to the senior United Nations system coordinator for ebola. Madam president andi of the Security Council, mr. Secretary general, doctor Margaret Chan, jackson llama in monrovia and other excellencies, and ladies and gentlemen. I thank you for this opportunity to be with you. To talk about the outbreak of ebola virus disease in west africa. I had the honor of being appointed as the secretary general senior coordinator for ebola on august 12th this year. Thats just over a month ago. Since then i have visited the most effective countries twice and i have also traveled to a number of capitals to describe my findings and i had the opportunity to preef the president of the world bank and other agency chiefs. Particularly the president of the African Development bank. My findings are as follows. There is a disease outbreak that is advancing in an exponential fashion. To be precise, that means it is doubling at a time interval and when you look at it as a graph, it is a picture of rapid upward acceleration. You heard from the general that most believe that the doubling speed is about every three weeks. This means that the outbreakers double. The response is increasing. Not only are the governments themselves doing a great deal, but also many excellent intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations are putting in additional resources. The increasing response is more like a linear speed. It would look like a straight line. What that means is that the outbreak is accelerating away from the control effort. And the longer it does that, the harder it is to get it under control and most importantly to enable the people of the affected countries for the prosperity and development that they have been enjoying so much in the last ten years. With an acceleration of the outbreak and the difficulty taxing, there is an increased likely hood of societal and economic challenges for the people who are affected. I estimate to get the outbreak, the level of response needs to be about 20 times greater than it is at the moment. Thats a calculation based on assessing for the rate at which it is extending and recognizing that any scale uptakes between to two months to put in place. The scale up increasing like that would be challenging enough. If this was a straight forward medical problem for which the solution involved perhaps a vaccine or particular therapy. This disease is a bit complicate and there about 12 different kril cal actions that need to be put in place for control to be properly effective. I wont want to waste time by receiving them, but the medical part is one personality element and a lot of work to be done to restore basic services. Health care or women who are pregnant or food for those who are finding it hard to ensure they and their families get nutrition or income support because so many households as a result of this outbreak have actually gotten huge drops in the income. An effective and massive response is vital for the affected countries. Thats doctor Margaret Chan and its vital for the world. Im convinced that if its properly organized, the massive scale up can happen in the coming weeks and in fact will achieve the rapid ending of the outbreak. Im delighted that since i last returned on sunday afternoon, there has been incredible progress. A strong announcement in the European Union in brussels on monday about their collective commitment. On tuesday, the powerful statement of support by the United States. The challenge is to coordinate effectively with a platform that enables everyone to workly and not get themselves infectioned with the virus. A strong backbone of support that enables all the providers to work in synergy and in very clear direction so the l 3 zs assistance directed people with communities and governments to respond effectively. As one president said to me on saturday, we want people to work with our nation and the citizens and not just to come to get rid of the virus. Lastly, what is vital is a very big tent. They combine people to get a rapid out come. Thank you, maddal president. Distinguished member of the Security Council. Mr. Secretary general. And mr. Jackson. Ladies and gentlemen, many of the governments you represent have been helping with Treatment Facilities and mobile laboratories and hundreds of medical staff and money. I thank you. This virus got ahead of us in a fast moving outbreak as described by the doctor that keeps delivering one surprise after another. Now we must catch up in the most urgent and pragmatic way possible. In the hardest hit countries and rising caseload threatens to push governments to the brink of state failure. The veto has managed many big outbreaks in recent years, this effect is different. Very different. This is lakely the greatest peace time challenge that the United Nations and agencies have ever faced. None of us experienced the outbreaks have ever seen in our lifetimes. With this degree of suffering and with this magnitude of consequences. This is not just an outbreak. This is not just a Public Health crisis. This is a social crisis. A humanitarian and economic crisis and a threat to national security. Well beyond the zones. This week the world bank is one of a potentially catastrophic blow to the economies of the hardest hit countries. In some areas, hunger has become an even greater concern than the virus. For example, once liberia is there, they are now followed. 2170 farmers and their family members have died from ebola. For these reasons, mr. Secretary general and i are calling for an initiative that draws together all the assets of all un agencies. In my talks with the president s of the three affected countries, in my speeches, they are made in the u. S. And europe. I have consistently called out for an immediate and massive increase in International Support. We have smelled out the most urgent needs. The Mission Critical action appealed launched last week they kk the announcement from those earlier this week. This is a massive ramp up that brings a transformative change and to get a grip on this outbreak and bring it under control. This is a strong statement of concern at the highest level of government. Also a call for other countries to follow. Many are doing so. We look forward to hearing many more. The fact that the u. S. , uk, china and cuba are using a variety of assets, including the military assets speaks to the complexity of the challenge. This surge can help turn things around for the roughly 22 Million People in the hardest hit countries whose lives and societies have been shattered. Shattered by one of the most horrific diseases on this planet. Support for them is under the wing of transformative ramp up under the leadership of mr. Secretary general. The scale of deployment to africa and International Staff under this outbreak umbrella is unprecedented. Everything now is unprecedented. Everything now is happening faster than ever before. The needs are immense and we know it. Distinguished members, reports show that more than 5,500 people have been infected. Well over 2,500 have died. These shocking figures are vast under estimates. The issues must remain the heart, the soul, and the spirit of this response. It will take some time, but Ebola Outbreak can be contained. Look at the stable situation in nigeria and senegal. When the first cases in these countries occur, we know very well what we are working with. Governments ownership and leadership supported by cdc, Doctors Without Borders responded with the right actions and remember, people crisscross west africas poorest borders all the time. Other countries will have to deal in the same aggressive way. And support for the un coordinated response continues to pour in, im confident we can do so. Thank you, madam president. I thank dr. Chan for the briefing and now give the floor to mr. Jackson. Thats about the business in march. That came here in monrovia. People are dying . Why were they in this blood. You developed the classmates and police are dying in recent months. They have a medical background. I am a leader. I are on the mission. The future earns enough. To watch before that and i alone, i alone with my police cannot fight ebola alone. I wish to illustrate the battle. We have seen many die and die alone. On the loved ones. As a medic, we have a difference. We are not going inside the ebola Treatment Center. I give my efficiency. They must help. Food, water, and also those who want to talk to our consulate. There not nearly enough. We have the way and then right now as i speak, they have the plaintiffs, they are begging for life. They left a thrown die a horrible death. There is not enough underground. We are feel iing that because w cannot hear for the 6th and prevent the spread of the virus. Aside from that, eating my lunch. I saw him with the blocks. He had they proceed when he turned away and walked into the town. I talked to myself. This boy can take a taxy and he is going to get in and if he is homeless, he will get the occupancy. On the night shift, they are on it about 12 hours. Because there was3ye o zw ]3z[o and in fact other people. They are in the studio and can think that its running. The ambulances work on it. That helps us. We have seen too many health working. So please stay ahead. The center and they also need that. They can soak water and bucket. Ebola along with that, i feel that my country, a few in my country is hanging in the balance. My wife works at jfk. In monrovia. We are getting our children we ask you to be an example the resources and skill require us to stop we do not have the capacity to respond we were being swept up. We need your help. We need it now. S. We thank him for his briefing. It is my understanding that the council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it. Members of the council had before them document f2014673. The text of the resolution submitted by afghanistan, albania, an dora, angola, argentina, australia, austria. Bangladesh, belgium, belize, bow ton, bosnia, botswana, brazil, bulgaria, cameroon, canada. Chad, chile, china, congo, croatia and cypress and Czech Republic and democratic republic and denmark, dominican republic, guinea, egypt, and france, georgia, germany, grenada, honduras, hungary, iceland, iraq, italy, japan, jordan, kazakhstan, kenya u curd stan, lebanon, liberia, libya, lithuania, malaysia, mally, val disease and Marshall Islands and federated states, monaco, montenegro. Morocco, ma nippia and nepal, netherlands, new we will have land, the nigeria, norway, panama, papua new guinea, poland, portugal, qatar, republic of korea, republic of mull dova. Romania. Rwanda, samoa, sanc marino and serbia, sierra leon, slovakia. Slovenia. Solomon islands and south africa, south sudan, spain, sri lanka. Suriname, sweden, switzerland. Thailand. Macedonia, togo, trinidad, tunisia, turkey, uganda, ukraine, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and northern island, the United States of america, uruguay, vietnam, yemen, and zambia. I shall put it to the vote now. Will those in favor of the draft resolution contained in document s2o 14673 please raise their hand. The result of the voting is as follows. The draft resolution received 15 votes in favor. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously asdh rez los 2177, 2014. I shall[p now make a representative of the United States. Luzn thank you for the remarks and the role of the United Nations they are playing in confronting the ebola epidemic. I would like to recognize all the people in the battle. People like mr. Jack who are risking their lives to curb this deadly virus. Your dedication and compassion humble us. They are holding an emergency meeting on a Health Crisis for the first time in the history of the United Nations. The Security Council just issued a call to action. They will contain the spread of