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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) frequently publishes updates, press releases, and other forms of communication about its work in more than 60 countries around the world. See the list below for the most recent updates or search by location, topic, or year.

Press release

MSF Alarmed by Imminent Collapse of Health System in the Malukus, Indonesia

December 29, 1999

Djakarta/New York, December 30, 1999 — The religious conflict (Christian vs. Muslim) in the Malukus is spreading and engulfing ever greater areas and island populations. Given the escalating level of violence and lack of resolve or capacity on the part of the authorities to prevent or stop it, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is extremely alarmed that the vulnerable population, mostly concentrated in camps, will very soon be left totally unprotected and isolated.
Press release

MSF Calls for Immediate Re-Opening of Border Between Georgia and Chechnya

December 22, 1999

New York/Paris, December 23, 1999 — The international humanitarian agency Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today called on the Georgian authorities to re-open their border with Chechnya to allow civilians caught up in the fighting to escape Russian bombardments. The border has been closed since December 10.
Press release

MSF Demands Immediate Re-opening of Georgian Border for Chechen Civilians Deprived of all Possibility of Escape

December 16, 1999

New York/Paris, December 17, 1999 — The international medical relief organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) demands that the border between Chechnya and Georgia be re-opened immediately to allow Chechen civilians to seek shelter from Russian bombardments. The border has been closed since Monday, depriving civilians caught under fierce bombardments of any possibility of escape. This is the only exit route for the population in southern Chechnya.
Press release

Two MSF Volunteers Detained in Kailahun, Sierra Leone Released

December 15, 1999

New York/Paris, December 16, 1999 — The Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Belgian doctor and German logistics officer held since December 6th in Kailahun in eastern Sierra Leone left the area by car this morning and were met in Daru by members of MSF. They were then evacuated by helicopter to Freetown.
Press release

MSF Shocked by Shelling of Primary School in Southern Lebanon

December 15, 1999
Press release

MSF Issues "Top Ten" List of the Year's Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories

December 14, 1999

Second Annual Listing Emphasizes Forgotten Wars in Angola, Burundi, Sri Lanka

New York, December 15, 1999 — Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today issued its second annual list of the Top Ten Underreported Humanitarian Stories of the year. The organization compiled the list to call attention to human crises that were largely ignored by the U.S. press during 1999.
Op-ed

On Humanitarian Responsibility

December 12, 1999

by Joelle Tanguy and Fiona Terry
Speech/open letter

The Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech

December 10, 1999
Press release

Two MSF Volunteers Held by RUF Rebels in Sierra Leone

December 08, 1999

New York/Paris, December 9, 1999 — A doctor and a logistician of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), who were opening a health project in the district of Kailahun, have been held for 48 hours by Revolutionary United Front (RUF) authorities controlling the region. The two volunteers, with whom there has been some contact in the last two days, are Belgian and German nationals. They are reported to be in good health.
Press release

MSF Initiates Fund to Fight Neglected Diseases With Proceeds from Nobel Peace Prize

December 08, 1999

Oslo, December 9, 1999 — War and civil strife in Africa are causing a re-emergence of deadly diseases that had previously been brought under control. Despite dramatic growth in incidence, diseases such as leishmaniasis and sleeping sickness are, and will likely continue to be, "Neglected Diseases."

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