'Doctors Without Borders', also known by its French name Medecins Sans Frontieres, is best described as which one of the following?

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B. An independent international humanitarian non-governmental organisation. Doctors Without Borders, known in French as Medecins Sans Frontieres, is an independent international humanitarian non-governmental organisation providing medical assistance in conflict zones and disaster areas. It is not a division of the World Health Organization, nor is it an EU sponsored intergovernmental body or a specialised agency of the United Nations, each of which would place it under a government or multilateral umbrella it deliberately stays independent of. Its independence from state funding and political affiliation is central to how it operates, and is part of why it won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1999. Hence option B correctly identifies what MSF actually is.

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A. A specialised division of the World Health Organization

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B. An independent international humanitarian non-governmental organisation

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C. An intergovernmental agency sponsored by the European Union

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D. A specialised agency of the United Nations