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International Women's Day

The other side of Women's Day

While millions of Russians will honour Women's Day this 8th of March, there will be little celebratory spirit among the tens of thousands of women throughout the country who have lost their sons or husbands in the war in Chechnya. Project Update - 8 Mar 2002
 
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Russia

No end in sight to the war in Chechnya

After two years of war, Chechen civilians have reached a sinister conclusion: in the fight against terrorism following the events of September 11 2001, no international power is prepared to stop the Kremlin and protect Chechens' lives or even their most fundamental human rights. Project Update - 4 Mar 2002
 
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Afghanistan

MSF report: Alarming food crisis in northern Afghanistan

A recent assessment of the population in the Sar-e-Pol camp in Afghanistan shows a dramatic situation. There are more children are in feeding centres than ever before. The number of severely malnourished have increased. Mortality rates have doubled and the numbers of displaced have increased. Of all the families surveyed, almost half have not received food aid over the past year. Project Update - 21 Feb 2002
 
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Afghanistan

Alarming food crisis in northern Afghanistan

MSF calls for urgent action of donor countries and international organisations. Press Release - 21 Feb 2002
 
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Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

The responsibility to protect

Speech by Catherine Dumait-Harper, MSF delegate to the United Nations, on February 15 2002 at the International Peace Academy's symposium for the launch of the report of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty. Project Update - 15 Feb 2002
 
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Afghanistan

Severe increase in malnutrition in Mazlakh camp

Fear is the main reason why only 80 children attend the special feeding centres of MSF, which have a capacity to treat up to 200 children. Press Release - 6 Feb 2002
 
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Afghanistan

Identify yourselves

Coalition soldiers in Afghanistan are endangering aid workers. This article first appeared in The Guardian newspaper, UK. Project Update - 1 Feb 2002
 
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Russia

MSF condemns Council of Europe's reluctance to censure Russia's conduct of the war in Chechnya

No international institution appears able or willing to protect the fundamental rights of these people. Press Release - 25 Jan 2002
 
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War and conflict

Chechnya - Ingushetia: A Deliberate Strategy of Non-Assistance to People in Crisis

MSF report on Chechnya-Ingushetia. Report - 25 Jan 2002
 
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War and conflict

MSF presentation to Council of Europe regarding Chechnya and Ingushetia

Presented by Jean-Hervé Bradol, president of MSF-France on January 23, 2002. Report - 23 Jan 2002
Cholera intervention in South Kivu
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

Independent medical humanitarian assistance

We provide medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare. Our teams are made up of tens of thousands of health professionals, logistic and administrative staff - most of them hired locally. Our actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of independence and impartiality. We are a non-profit, self-governed, member-based organisation.

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