LIBERIA / EBOLA AHMED

The new Head of the United Nations Mission for Emergency Ebola Response (UNMEER) Tuesday (6 January) told Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf the UN is “here to support you.” UNMEER

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:46
• Production Date: 7 January 2015
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS MISSION FOR EBOLA EMERGENCY RESPONSE – UNMEER
• Subject Topical: EBOLA
• Geographic Subject: GUINEA; LIBERIA; SIERRA LEONE
• MAMS Id: 1278818

Description

STORY: LIBERIA / EBOLA AHMED
TRT: 1.26
SOURCE: UNMEER
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 6 JANUARY 2014, FREETOWN, LIBERIA

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed descending from helicopter and meeting UNMEER Liberia Ebola Crisis Manager, Peter Graff
2. Wide shot, Ahmed and delegation walking on tarmac
3. Various shots, Ahmed meeting with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMEER:
“For me, and I want to underline this, as an African first and also as my belief as the new SRSG, the leadership, the driving seat, is yours. Your decisions will be respected by us. There is no equivocal discussion about this. Whatever decision you take, these are your people, this is your country. We will be here to support you.”
5. Tilt up, woman washing hands with chlorine from a drum with inscription “EBOLA IS REAL”
6. Close up, Ebola logistics map of Liberia
7. Various shots, Ahmed meeting with partners
8. Med shot, Ahmed, Special Envoy on Ebola David Nabarro and World Health Organization Assistant-Director General Bruce Aylward meeting with Ebola Crisis Management team
9. Wide shot, meeting

Storyline

The new Head of the United Nations Mission for Emergency Ebola Response (UNMEER) Tuesday (6 January) told Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf the UN is “here to support you.”
Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed from Mauritania, who this week took over as head of UNMEER, said, “Whatever decision you take, these are your people, this is your country. We will be here to support you.”
Ahmed said, ““For me, and I want to underline this, as an African first and also as my belief as the new SRSG, the leadership, the driving seat, is yours. Your decisions will be respected by us. There is no equivocal discussion about this.”
UNMEER has reported that Liberia has made progress in combating the outbreak and President Sirleaf has announced that Liberia will reopen schools in February, six months after they were closed because of fears about the spread of the Ebola virus.
The new Special representative held meetings throughout the day, including with UNMEER staff and response partners.
At and Ebola Crisis Management Centre he expressed his hope that Liberia will soon be declared free of Ebola

Ahmed will visit Sierra Leone Wednesday and Guinea next week.