MSF governance

The international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) last week unanimously adopted new statutes of MSF International, ending a two-year long process to reform its associative governing bodies. During a meeting of the 19 currently existing MSF associations, MSF agreed to establish an International General Assembly and International Board that will be responsible for safeguarding MSF’s medical humanitarian identity and its mission. The adoption of the new Statutes, and their entry into force on Monday 27 June, provide MSF with the framework and tools to improve the way the organisation works together at an international level in the face of internal and external...