UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Friday congratulated Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF) on its selection by the Norwegian Nobel Committee for the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize.
“This well-deserved honour is a victory for the right of every victim of a natural or man-made disaster to receive life-saving assistance as quickly and efficiently as possible,” he said.
“This prize is also testament to what can be achieved when a group of committed and idealistic medical professionals band together to serve humanity, often under difficult and even dangerous conditions,” Annan said.
MSF “is a valued partner of the United Nations humanitarian community, and I wish them even greater success in the years to come,” he said.
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