The Security Council as a global ‘health-keeper’? Resolution 2177 (2014) and Ebola as a threat to the peace
The Security Council as a global 'health-keeper'? Resolution 2177 (2014) and Ebola as a threat to the peace / Zoom In
Le Conseil de sécurité et la crise d’Ebola: entre gestion de la paix et pilotage de la gouvernance globale
1. Introduction La maladie à virus Ebola (ou fièvre hémorragique à virus Ebola) est une maladie souvent mortelle qui est apparue pour la première fois en 1976, simultanément en République démocratique du Congo et au Soudan. Le virus existe à l’état endémique dans ces régions, et il a connu, à compter de 2013, une ‘flambée’...
The Security Council as a global 'health-keeper'? Resolution 2177 (2014) and Ebola as a threat to the peace / Zoom In
Ebola, the Security Council and the securitization of public health
1. Introduction The Security Council adopted at an emergency meeting on 18 September 2014 resolution 2177 (2014), which declared the unprecedented extent of the outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever (Ebola) in Africa a threat to international peace and security. That determination was reiterated by the President of the Council in a statement made on 21...
