Bernard Kouchner | Africa | Oxford Union

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An extract of Bernard Kouchner's talk titled 'How to prevent massacres' 17th February 2014

ABOUT BERNARD KOUCHNER: Founder of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and Médecins du Monde. Formerly a French government minister in left-wing governments, under Mitterand and Jospin. He accepted the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs under Nicolas Sarkozy, a move that saw him expelled from the Socialist Party. "Hardline humanitarian" and supporter of intervention.

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