Berlin — For decades aid agencies have been tackling troubling ethical dilemmas about where to draw the line when negotiating with armed forces when trying to deliver aid to vulnerable communities. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) discusses some of the ethical dilemmas it has faced over the past 40 years in Humanitarian Negotiations Revealed: The MSF Experience, promoted at its annual Berlin Humanitarian Congress.
"Humanitarian actors often claim they are above politics but it is simply not true," said Fabrice Weissman, one of the co-authors of the book, which will be officially launched at the end of November.
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