MEDSF Kosovo

Forgotten people of the Balkans

Fri, 23 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Six years have passed since the NATO intervention in Kosovo. Talks on the province's status have begun, but on the other side of the border, the ethnic Serbs who fled are living in appalling conditions.

The responsibility to protect

Fri, 15 Feb 2002 03:30:00 +0000

Speech by Catherine Dumait-Harper, MEDSF delegate to the United Nations, on February 15 2002 at the International Peace Academy's symposium for the launch of the report of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty.

Ethnic cleansing continues in UN-ruled Kosovo, under the eye of the international actors

Mon, 07 Aug 2000 03:30:00 +0000

More than one year since the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and Kosovo Force (KFOR) took on the responsibility for the civil and military administration, a significant number of people there still live in a state of extreme insecurity.

MEDSF in Kosovo

Mon, 07 Aug 2000 03:30:00 +0000

MEDSF started to work in Kosovo in 1993, focusing on enlarged programs of immunization (EPI), water supply and sanitation activities, drugs distribution and medical support of both the official medical structures and Mother Teresa dispensaries (ambulantas).

Millions for Kosovo victims while African state is ignored

Thu, 09 Sep 1999 03:30:00 +0000

While Western governments are spending millions on the rebuilding of Kosovo, the starvation and poverty of over 650,000 in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) people that have been forced from their homes by a war that has been raging for over three years is largely ignored. Frances Stevenson reports on the needs of the people and their hopes for the future

Albania starts to rebuild after the Kosovar crisis

Sun, 08 Aug 1999 02:30:00 +0000

Albania was one of the integral hosts to the Kosovar refugees as they fled ethnic cleansing in their homeland. In total, nearly 480,000 ethnic Albanians fled to the neighbouring country, placing an enormous strain on the already weak infrastructure within the country.

MEDSF calls for immediate action over landmines in Kosovo

Tue, 22 Jun 1999 02:30:00 +0000

The international medical aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres (MEDSF) is deeply concerned about incidents involving booby traps and mines hidden in private homes in Kosovo.

MEDSF says civilian control of refugee resettlement in Kosovo is crucial

Fri, 04 Jun 1999 02:30:00 +0000

MEDSF calls for effective and principled UN leadership over Kosovo refugee relief effort

Thu, 20 May 1999 02:30:00 +0000

Assistance and protection to Kosovo refugees in Albania

Tue, 18 May 1999 02:30:00 +0000