THE United Nations Mission on Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) on the establishment of its Mission and the setting up of a logistics centre in Accra is expected to address a press conference this afternoon at Ghana’s Communications Ministry.
The Deputy Minister of Interior, James Agalga said the mission which arrived in Accra yesterday would brief the media about their activities in the sub-region.
The Chief of Staff, Prosper Douglas Bani, who led a government team to meet with the mission at the Flagstaff, Ghana’s seat of government assured the UN team of President Mahama’s personal and the government’s commitment to ensure fruitful UNMEER operations from Ghana.
Ms Safia Boly, who led the UN delegation to the meeting at the Flagstaff House, said about two hundred and fifty (250) UN personnel will be deployed, out of which 100 will be operating from Ghana.
As headquarters of the UNMEER, Accra will among other things also host a Centre for the training of personnel. The two teams discussed recruitment of additional personnel from Ghana, issues related to customs and aviation clearance, the issuance of radio frequencies, security, health and safety of personnel among others.
The Mission’s mode of transporting logistics will be by air, sea and road. Already some logistics including vehicles have arrived in Ghana.
Ms. Boly said this is perhaps the shortest period between a UN Security Council decision, adopted in New York last week, and the start of actual implementation. The team thanked the President and the people of Ghana for the offer to host the headquarters of the United Nations Mission on Ebola Emergency Response.
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