Since the Ebola virus disease was discovered in 1976, the 2014 outbreak has proven to be the most serious and complex. However, those warnings failed to cause a stir at the sixty-seventh World Health Assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) held that same year, and an international response was not launched immediately. It was only after August that the outbreak was recognized as a “public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC)” in accordance with International Health Regulations (IHR).1 However, by the time PHEIC was declared, it was already impossible for WHO alone to coordinate countries’ efforts to contain the epidemic. In September 2014, the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) was created with the endorsement of the General Assembly in its resolution 69/1 and the Security Council in its resolution 2177.