Her følger mer om konflikten mellom "Leger uten Grenser" og deres greske
fraksjon, som ble kastet ut av hovedorganisasjonen tidligere i høst. Er det
noen på forumet som har sett noe i nyhetene om den greske fraksjonens
pressekonferanse i Oslo i forrige uke?
Tidligere innlegg om dette på KK-forum:
http://www.itk.ntnu.no/ansatte/Andresen_Trond/kk-ffra0110990227.html
http://www.itk.ntnu.no/ansatte/Andresen_Trond/kk-ffra0110990232.html
http://www.itk.ntnu.no/ansatte/Andresen_Trond/kk-ffra0110990239.html
Øistein Holen
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http://athensnews.dolnet.gr/athnews.dat/99-12-11/grknews/grn.htm#part6
Greeks say they deserve ‘moral' share of Doctors Without Borders' Nobel
OSLO, Norway - The outcast Greek chapter of Doctors Without Borders turned
up in the Norwegian capital for the group's Nobel Peace Prize awards
ceremony yesterday, seeking their "moral" share of the honor. The Greek
doctors were excluded in September from the voluntary aid organisation in a
dispute over their actions during the Kosovo crisis. They called a news
conference in Oslo yesterday, hours before the ceremony, to present their
side of the story. "We are claiming a bit of the moral credit," said
Demetrios Pyrros, a 35-year surgeon who helped found the Greek chapter a
decade ago. "This is about principle."
Doctors Without Borders, officially called by its French name Medecins Sans
Frontieres or MSF, accused the Greek chapter of cooperating with the Greek
government to bring supplies into Yugoslavia's Kosovo province during the
conflict. It said the Greek doctors broke the group's rule of total
independence. "Their choice was to allow their action to be perceived as
allied with the (Yugoslav President Slobodan) Milosevic government," said
James Orbinski of Doctors Without Borders Thursday at a news conference.
The Nobel Peace Prize to Doctors Without Borders was widely praised, and
unlike many choices by the five-member Norwegian awards committee generated
little controversy. Odysseas Boudouris, the president of MSF Greece, said
the prize to Doctors Without Borders was well-deserved, and reflected the
sacrifices of thousands of volunteers. "However, MSF-Greece believes that a
climate of euphoria is not appropriate considering the present situation,"
he said. Boudouris claimed that the organisation has grown so fast that it
is becoming a victim of its own success. He said its heavy Western European
composition, dependence on funds from governments and international media
attention colour the group's perception of conflicts like Kosovo, where
Nato bombing forced Serb troops to withdraw after an 18-month crackdown
against ethnic Albanian separatists. The Greek doctors said they waited
months for the group to act in Kosovo, before going in on their own without
permission. MSF-Greece continues its medical relief effort under the
Doctors Without Borders banner, despite their exclusion. They will not
attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony.
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