The first meeting of the Emergency Committee convened by the Director-General under the International Health Regulations (2005) [IHR (2005)] regarding the 2014 Ebola Virus Disease (EVD, or “Ebola”) outbreak in West Africa was held by teleconference on Wednesday, 6 August 2014 from 13:00 to 17:30 and on Thursday, 7 August 2014 from 13:00 to 18:30 Geneva time (CET).
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突发事件委员会的委员和顾问参与了两天电话会议的讨论。
Members and advisors of the Emergency Committee met by teleconference on both days of the meeting 1 .
The following IHR (2005) States Parties participated in the informational session of the meeting on Wednesday, 6 August 2014: Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Nigeria.
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非正式讨论期间，世卫组织秘书处介绍了西非埃博拉疫情的最新情况和评估结果。
During the informational session, the WHO Secretariat provided an update on and assessment of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
The above-referenced States Parties presented on recent developments in their countries, including measures taken to implement rapid control strategies, and existing gaps and challenges in the outbreak response.
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在就提供的信息进行讨论和审议之后，委员会建议：
After discussion and deliberation on the information provided, the Committee advised that:
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西非的埃博拉疫情已构成“不同寻常的事件”并对其它国家造成公共卫生风险；
the Ebola outbreak in West Africa constitutes an ‘extraordinary event’ and a public health risk to other States;
the possible consequences of further international spread are particularly serious in view of the virulence of the virus, the intensive community and health facility transmission patterns, and the weak health systems in the currently affected and most at-risk countries.