Bernard Kouchner Biography

A medical doctor by training Bernard Kouchner is best known as the co-founder and former president of Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) the Nobel Peace Prize-winning humanitarian organization made up of voluntary medical personnel who contribute their time and expertise to assist in situations of emergency or inadequate medical care in the developing world. He has organized humanitarian operations in Somalia El Salvador Lebanon and Vietnam as well as led field operations in Cambodia Thailand Uruguay Peru Guatemala and Honduras.
The first person to challenge the Red Cross's stance of neutrality and silence in wars and massacres Kouchner has played an important role in international humanitarian efforts for more than 20 years. As France's Minister of Health and Humanitarian affairs he convinced the UN to accept the right to interfere resolution and after devastating civil wars in the Balkans served as Special Representative to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in Kosovo.
An influential person in the French political scene having held a number of ministerial positions in different French governments for more than 18 years he served as France's Minister of Foreign and European Affairs until November 2010 and before that as minister in charge of both health and humanitarian action. He was also the professor of public health at the Health and Development Department of the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM). He is the author of several books and the co-founder of the news magazines L'Evénement and Actuel. He is the recipient of several human rights awards including the Dag Hammarskjold Prize and the Prix Europa.

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