1. medical news today, "Doctors Without Borders Protests Comments By Bernard Kouchner In Jerusalem." medicalnewstoday.com. 13 Oct 2008. 5 Nov 2008 http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/125287.php
This Article is a good source of information on the organization, although the information originally is from the Doctors without borders homepage. Up to date to October 2008, it talks about a statement of a former member which created confusion and harm to MSF and politicians. Also it lists facts about MSF’s work in the Gaza Strip. The general outlook of this article clearly aggrandizes MSF’s humanitarian intention. This is because the website and its authors have a positive opinion about the organization. Nevertheless the information about MSF’s principles and its allocation of health care were of great use.
2. ICRC, "The Code of Conduct." www.ifrc.org. 2006. IFRC. 4 Nov 2008 http://www.ifrc.org/publicat/conduct/code.asp
This web document provides information about ten general rules for humanitarian organizations: the principles of conduct for NGOs in Disaster Response Programmes. However it does not inform the reader directly about Doctors without Borders but on the principles on which their actions are based on. This page will still be of good use for my presentation because the information about the bases of an organization like MSF.
3. Doctors without borders, "About Us." doctorswithoutborders.org. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). 5 Nov 2008 http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/aboutus/
This text is directly from the English MSF homepage. It provides a good overview of the organizations history, their quality and structure, and who they are. Given examples emphasize their humanitarian campaigns against negligence of human crises in third world countries. The authors of this page distinctively want to present MSF’s good-natured intentions.
4. Simpson, Holly. "Doctors Without Borders Enables Us to See Invisibles." www.huffingtonpost.com. 06 May 2007. 04 Nov 2008 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/holly-simpson/doctors-without-borders-e_b_47801.html.
This blog article is a review of the movie ‘Invisibles’ which was produced by Doctors without Borders. It talks about the directors and their way of giving a voice to the MSF patients in hope to reach a broader audience. The Author of this document again focuses on MSF’s good deeds. However this text is more about how MSF spreads it’s idea and not just about what the idea is.
5. Sternthal, Tamar . "Vogue Magazine and Doctors Without Borders Side Against Israel." Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America 19 Dec 2001 15 Nov 2008 http://www.camera.org/index.asp?x_context=2&x_outlet=120&x_article=344
In this article Tamar Sternthal passes harsh criticism on Zia Jaffrey’s article about MSF, the West bank and Gaza. He comments about Jaffrey’s disregard with a view to Israelis suffering. MSF focused on NYC after September 11th and declined its aid in Israel. The head of MSF operations in Israel and the Palestinian territories said that local victims have access to excellent doctors and do not need the service of MSF. Sternthal points out that this absurd justification is contradicted by the fact that MSF assisted the wealthiest country in the world where powerful aid organizations are already present. This article is an excellent source of information thanks to the author’s clear bias against MSF.
6. Katz, Yaakov, Siegel, Judie . "Shin Bet foils plot to kill Olmert." The JerusalemPost 17 May 2007 15 Nov 2008 http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1178708623115&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
This article is about MSF member Mazab Bashir who tried to kill Jerusalem’s Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in 2007. Bashir underwent combat training to assassinate Olmert and therewith revenge the deaths of Palestinian civilians. On April 19, Bashir was arrested. MSF said they were sad for Bashir and added that the organization can’t be held liable for every aspect of its staff's lives. Although MSF tries to sanitize it’s record the information in this article is of great use for my presentation.
7. Tanjug, Yu. "Solidaire -- NATO used military operations data and assessments in Kosovo obtained by Medecins sans frontieres (MSF) ." www.tanjug.co.yu. 22 Dec 1999. 4 Nov 2008 http://www.geocities.com/cpa_blacktown_02/19991223msfrtanj.htm
This is an old article, but one of the few that may state that Doctors without Borders does not have a clean record. There are statements that members of MSF passed military data to the NATO and thereby violated the principles of conduct for NGOs in Disaster Response Programmes. The information, however is mainly based on Belgian weekly Solidaire.
8. BBC News, "World: Europe MSF wins Nobel Peace Prize." news.bbc.co.uk. 15 Oct 1999. 6 Nov 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/475605.stm
Although this article is from 1999 it is a great source of information. It talks about MSF winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 1999. It provides several quotes from members and also MSF-data from that time, which can be used for comparison.
9. Morley, David. Healing Our World. Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2006.
This book is a good source of information, although the author is a former MSF member. It is divided into two parts. Part one covers general information about the organization. Part two consists of journal entries giving personal, detailed, and dated accounts that summarize the group's work. The author’s intention is to inspire hope and the feeling of being able to help.
10. Bortolotti, Dan. Hope in Hell: Inside the World of Doctors Without Borders. Firefly Books Ltd, 2006.
This Book is an excellent source of information about MSF, although the author is not a member of the organization. In between, journalist Bortolotti traces the history of Doctors Without Borders. Some stories are backed up with photos or color-inserts. The information provided is of great use because of the different view on MSF.
11. Event in Stockholm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EuB6tY8yUc no information about director yet
This youtube video is a great example showing MSFs successful efforts to attract donators. During one week over 1300 child coffins were spread around Stockholm. People donated money and the coffins were removed from the streets, so Stockholm could see that they were saving lives. The video and the information provided are of great use for the presentation because of the straightforwardness towards the audience.
12. Documentary: Invisibles - Javier Bardem
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