Publications
Speeches & Open Letters
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November 21, 2012 |
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An open letter to Joe Jiminez and Daniel Vassella, the CEO and President of Novartis, respectively.
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August 21, 2012 |
| 2011 |
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This letter was sent to Heads of State or Governments of Member States of the European Union, to Presidents of European Institutions, and to the offices of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the International Organisation for Migration.
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May 18, 2011 |
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I am writing on behalf of MSF to express our disappointment that J&J has not yet placed any patent into the Medicines Patent Pool and that it has announced in a recent letter to the Medicines Patent Pool that it is not ready to engage in formal negotiations.
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April 25, 2011 |
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March 2, 2011 |
| 2010 |
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An open letter from Sophie Delaunay, Executive Director of MSF-USA, urging the U.S. to stop supplying nutritionally substandard food to malnourished children in developing countries.
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October 14, 2010 |
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July 21, 2010 |
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NY Times Lettter-to-the-Editor on MSF concerns that a provision in proposed U.S. health care legislation will allow pharmaceutical companies to extend monopolies on high-priced, cutting-edge medicines.
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March 18, 2010 |
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March 3, 2010 |
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Doctors Without Borders is urging law makers to revise a provision in the U.S. health care legislation that would essentially allow pharmaceutical companies to extend their monopolies on a rapidly expanding and high-priced brand of drugs known as biologics. Biologics--medicines derived from living cells--hold great promise for new vaccines and medicines. Unfortunately, the biologics provision in the current legislation will create a massive barrier to developing generic versions of these cutting-edge drugs.
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January 12, 2010 |
| 2009 |
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December 8, 2009 |
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March 31, 2009 |
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February 23, 2009 |
| 2008 |
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July 29, 2008 |
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Before the High Level task force communicates its first Comprehensive Framework for Action, Médecins Sans Frontières urges careful consideration of the population that is most vulnerable to the dire consequences of malnutrition – children under two.
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May 22, 2008 |
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May 1, 2008 |
| 2007 |
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U.S congressional briefing delivered by Dr. Buddhima Lokuge, U.S. Manager of MSF's Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines on Thailand's compulsory drug licensing.
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March 16, 2007 |
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By Christophe Fournier, MD, International President
Ellen 't Hoen, LLM, Director of Policy and Advocacy, Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines
Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF)
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March 12, 2007 |
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Presentation by Fabrice Weissman, MSF Foundation and former Head of Mission for MSF in Darfur, Sudan to Panel Discussion at Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs
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February 22, 2007 |
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On January 17, 2007, David Michalski, MSF head of mission in Somalia, delivered the following speech at the "Securing Somalia's Future: Options for Diplomacy, Assistance, and Security Engagement," conference on Somalia hosted by the Center for Strategic International Studies, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, DC.
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January 17, 2007 |
| 2006 |
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MSF expresses concern over the US intervention in the decision by the government of Thailand to issue a compulsory license on patents for the AIDS drug efavirenz, and explains why the US government should refrain from such actions.
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December 29, 2006 |
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Dear Mr. White,
We are writing to you to express our concern about the lack of availability in developing countries of the new melt extrusion (Meltrex) formulation of lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/r), marketed as Kaletra (200/50mg tablets).
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April 27, 2006 |
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A Statement Delivered by Helen O'Neill,
Deputy Director of Operations, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) at the United Nations Security Council "Arria Formula" meeting
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January 24, 2006 |
| 2005 |
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Statement by Dr. Nathalie Civet, Head of Mission in Sudan for Médecins sans Frontières (MSF)
delivered to the United Nations Security Council "Arria Formula" meeting
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July 27, 2005 |
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Presentation of Nicolas de Torrente,
Executive Director, MSF-USA, on Lessons Learned From the Recent Indian Ocean Earthquake/Tsunami – Response Challenges.
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July 14, 2005 |
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Submitted to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives
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April 22, 2005 |
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A Statement Delivered by Dr. Christophe Fournier, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), to the United Nations Security Council "Arria Formula" Meeting
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April 8, 2005 |
| 2004 |
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On intellectual property rights and access to medicines.
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September 10, 2004 |
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Speech by STEPHEN LEWIS, UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa
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July 29, 2004 |
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Statement by Ton Koene, Emergency Coordinator, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to the United Nations Security Council "Arria Formula" Meeting
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May 24, 2004 |
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Delivered By Lulu Oguda, MD, Returned Volunteer & Field Doctor
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April 7, 2004 |
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To request that space be added to the meeting agenda for the presentation of actual field experience using FDCs, including clinical outcomes, and the identification of concrete strategies for increasing access to affordable FDCs.
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March 22, 2004 |
| 2003 |
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Testimony from MSF Submitted to the Department of Health and Human Services for the Meeting of the International Subcommittee of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS
Townhall Meeting on the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Delivered By Rachel M. Cohen, U.S. Director, MSF Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines
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December 16, 2003 |
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On CAFTA and access to medicines
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October 15, 2003 |
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Statement by Morten Rostrup, MD, President, International Council of
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to the United Nations Security Council "Arria Formula" Meeting
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September 9, 2003 |
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Expressing MSF's concerns for the welfare of Chechen refugees
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July 15, 2003 |
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June 10, 2003 |
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This is a transcript of Dr. Rockefeller's extemporaneous remarks on May 15 before the Congressional Human Rights Caucus and the Congressional Black Caucus Health Brain Trust on access to medicines.
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May 15, 2003 |
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Transcript of an MSF doctor's extemporaneous remarks on Kala Azar in the Sudan before the Congressional Human Rights Caucus and the Congressional Black Caucus Health Brain Trust on access to medicines.
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May 15, 2003 |
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Testimony of Nicolas de Torrente, Executive Director, MSF-USA before the Congressional Human Rights Caucus and the Congressional Black Caucus Health Brain Trust on access to medicines.
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May 15, 2003 |
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Delivered by Nicolas de Torrente, Executive Director, MSF-USA
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April 9, 2003 |
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February 12, 2003 |
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Testimony Delivered to Japanese Parliament Spotlights Plight of Asylum Seekers; Criminalization of Humanitarian Aid.
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January 24, 2003 |
| 2002 |
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On the closing of Chechen refugee camps in Ingushetia.
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July 19, 2002 |
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A Satatement Delivered by Fred Minandi in Barcelona, Spain, at a satellite meeting co-sponsored by MSF and Health Gap of the XIV International AIDS Conference
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July 7, 2002 |
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A Statement for the Record For the Committee on International Relations Subcommittee on Africa.
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June 13, 2002 |
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On the upcoming meeting of the G8, TRIPS and accees to medicines.
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June 5, 2002 |
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An MSF Statement Delivered to the United Nations Security Council "Arria Formula" Meeting in New York City by Martha Carey, MSF
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May 22, 2002 |
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MSF Testimony Delivered to the House Committee on International Relations Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific in Washington, D.C. by Sophie Delaunay, Regional Coordinator for North Korea, MSF
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May 2, 2002 |
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On the occasion of the second Board of Directors meeting of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund), scheduled to take place in New York City, April 23-24, 2002.
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April 18, 2002 |
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On the escalating violence in Palestine.
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April 9, 2002 |
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A U.N. Security Council Briefing Delivered by Erwin van der Borght, MSF Head of Mission in Angola
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March 5, 2002 |
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Delivered by Catherine Dumait-Harper, MSF Delegate to the UN, at the International Peace Academy's Symposium for the Launch of the Report of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty "The Responsibility to Protect."
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February 15, 2002 |
| 2001 |
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Regarding trade agreements, intellectual property rights and access to medicines.
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December 31, 2001 |
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A panel discussion co-sponsored by MSF and the 92nd St. Y
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October 21, 2001 |
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A U.N. Security Council Briefing Delivered by Catherine Dumait-Harper, MSF Representative to the U.N.
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October 17, 2001 |
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A Congressional Briefing Delivered in Washington, D.C. by Nicolas de Torrente, Executive Director, MSF-USA to a Joint Hearing of the U.S. Congressional Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs Subcommittee and International Operations and Terrorism Subcommittee of Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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October 10, 2001 |
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A Congressional Briefing delivered in Washington, D.C. by Rachel Cohen, Advocacy Liaison for MSF's Access to Essential Medicines Campaign
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July 16, 2001 |
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On the G8, TRIPS and the need to provide funds for treatment of HIV/AIDS and neglected diseases in developing countries.
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July 11, 2001 |
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An MSF-sponsored panel discussion held at the Graduate Center, CUNY
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June 21, 2001 |
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Delivered by Pierre Salignon, MSF Program Coordinator in 1995 for the former Yugoslavia. Translated from the original French.
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May 17, 2001 |
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Delivered by Christina Schmitz and Daniel O'Brien, MSF volunteers who were working in Srebrenica during the tragedy. Translated from the original French.
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March 29, 2001 |
| 2000 |
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Delivered by Dr. James Orbinski, President, MSF International Council, at the 27th Annual Global Health Forum, A Century of Health for the Children of 2000
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June 14, 2000 |
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Delivered by Joelle Tanguy, U.S. Executive Director, MSF, at the Global Health Council HHS Consultations, Washington D.C.
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April 25, 2000 |
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Delivered by Joelle Tanguy, U.S. Executive Director, MSF, at the World Affairs Council, San Francisco
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March 28, 2000 |
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Delivered by Joelle Tanguy, U.S. Executive Director, MSF, at Stanford University
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March 28, 2000 |
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Delivered by Joelle Tanguy, U.S. Executive Director, MSF, at a panel discussion organized by the Institute for International Liberal Education. Other panel members: Michael Edwards (Ford Foundation), Julia Taft (U.S. Department of State), and Alex de Waal.
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March 8, 2000 |
| 1999 |
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December 10, 1999 |
Delivered by Joelle Tanguy, U.S. Executive Director, MSF, at a panel presentation during the Travers Conference Ethics and Post-Cold
War Humanitarian Intervention of the University of California, Berkeley
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November 6, 1999 |
| 1998 |
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Delivered by Joelle Tanguy, U.S. Executive Director, MSF, at the UN's 51st Annual DPI/NGO Conference, The 50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: From Words to Deeds. Other panel members: Mohammed Sacirbey, Olara Ottonu, Lucia Newman
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September 16, 1998 |
| 1997 |
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Delivered by Marcel van Soest, MSF Epidemiologist
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December 5, 1997 |
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