• Websites: www.medecinsdumonde.org and www.medecinsdumonde.co.uk
  • Paris-based 'humanitarian medical NGO' founded in 1986.
  • Uses the motto 'There are no right or wrong victims.'
  • Annual budget of approximately 50 million Euro of which almost 60% comes from private donations and 40% from public sources of financing.
  • In July 2003, published non-political report on effects of conflict on Israeli and Palestinian civilians condemning Palestinian bombing of Israeli targets without artificially 'balancing' the report with condemnations of Israeli defensive actions.
  • February 2005: Highly politicized report by MDM, Physicians for Human Rights - Israel and Palestine Red Crescent Society marked major departure, with focus on Israeli security barrier. This report ignored the context of Palestinian terror and the claims lacked credibility. 
  • For NGO Monitor's report on Medicins du Monde, click  here