“You have the historical responsibility to act” (2014)

In September, the worst Ebola epidemic in history continues to be out of control in West Africa. MSF, on the frontline of the battle since the epidemic’s outbreak, has spent months asking for help. But the international response does not come: the world looks the other way while people die at the gates of overcrowded treatment centres. In a special UN session, MSF speaks out about the international community’s failure to act and reminds the States that they have a political and humanitarian responsibility to act, because the epidemic “will not go away alone”. “We must enter the building in flames”.