• Website: www.msf.org
  • Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is an international humanitarian aid organization that provides emergency medical assistance to populations in danger in more than 80 countries.
  • According to its Charter, MSF "offers assistance to populations in distress, to victims of natural or man-made disasters and to victims of armed conflict, without discrimination and irrespective of race, religion, creed or political affiliation."
  • MSF's volunteers "undertake to respect their professional code of ethics and to maintain complete independence from all political, economic and religious powers."
  • In 2002, MSF had a total income of 365.7 million, 81% from private income. The remainder included donations from the European Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO) and the EU, and the governments of Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the UK.
  • On occasion, MSF activities and members exploit this NGO for political goals including unsupported attacks on Israel in contradiction to the pledge to maintain independence from political powers. 
  • For NGO Monitor's latest report including MSF, click here