Articles and blog

Des maison détruites par les bombes au nord de la Syrie Nicole Tung Opinion

En Syrie, l’humanitaire confronté à ses limites

03/12/2012 Olivier Falhun

Rony Brauman s'est récemment opposé au concept de «guerre humanitaire», énoncé en Libye sous la forme de «responsabilité de protéger», parce que la guerre est d'après lui le terrain d'élection des entrepreneurs de violence, qu'elle possède sa propre dynamique et qu'elle est incontrôlable. 

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Against the memorial laws

03/09/2012 Rony Brauman

Considering that the United Nations juridictions officially recognises six genocides, Rony Brauman considers unjustifiable the fact that the French Parliament only recognises . The only alternative is to recognise all of them or none.

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Distribution of NFI in remote areas Giuseppe La Rosa/MSF Interview

Natural Disasters: “Do Something!”

02/17/2012 Rony Brauman Claudine Vidal

In this interview conducted by Claudine Vidal in 2012 and published in the book Agir à Tout Prix (Humanitarian Negotiations Revealed: the MSF experience), Rony Brauman speaks about emergency humanitarian aid set up following natural disasters. Time constraints, access to victims, cooperation with local institutions, misleading representations of the disasters' effects, controversial assessments of the number of casualties; various topics related to these interventions are discussed and illustrated with specific examples.

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Rues dévastées à Martissant en Haiti Aurelie Baumel Opinion

The origin of cholera in Haiti: the culprit has been found!

01/25/2012 Claire Magone

Two scientific studies published last year confirmed the origin of the cholera epidemic that struck Haiti in October 2010. It was indeed caused by massive amounts of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae in the Artibonite river delta, originating from the sewage in the Minustah soldiers' camp.

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