humanitarian concern
collocation in Englishmeaningsofhumanitarianandconcern
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humanitarian
adjective
noun[C]
uk/hjuːˌmæn.ɪˈteə.ri.ən/us/hjuːˌmæn.ɪˈter.i.ən/
(a person who is) involved in or connected with improving people's lives and ...
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concern
noun
uk/kənˈsɜːn/us/kənˈsɝːn/
a worried or nervous feeling about something, or something that makes you ...
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(Definition ofhumanitarianandconcernfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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And the same point may also apply to the virtue of (deep) humane orhumanitarianconcernfor the well-being of fellow humans (or animals) generally.
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We suggest a very weak condition of justice which takes into account thishumanitarianconcern, and present an alternative perspective on egalitarian reasoning.
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The humanitarian perspective concerns the absolute circumstances of people, and thus the direction of thehumanitarianconcernin distributive conflicts should be independent of the utility level of indifferent people.
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Hence, in these cases, both equality promotion and thehumanitarianconcernimply absolute priority to the alleviation of absolute poverty in a distributive conflict with people living in affluence.
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There is no reason why they should resist such a straightforward case ofhumanitarianconcern.
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Nevertheless, we do have a generalhumanitarianconcernhere, including on the issue of family visits.
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It is right that we should debate a subject of such immediatehumanitarianconcern.
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There is just as muchhumanitarianconcernin focusing on the victims of the conflict, irrespective of the character of the conflict.
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But ourhumanitarianconcernmust extend to each and every individual refugee as long as their safety is threatened, wherever they may be.
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It is right that they should raise their voices, but the issue that we are considering is of enormoushumanitarianconcern.
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The state of the famine must be the focus of ourhumanitarianconcern.
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It seems that they have nohumanitarianconcernfor the children in those areas.
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It was full of passion,humanitarianconcernand invaluable direct experi-ence.
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I fully agree that there are grounds forhumanitarianconcernbecause it is a long period of solitary confinement.
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In all that he has done and in all that he did he upheld the very best qualities of democracy andhumanitarianconcern.
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It was typically full ofhumanitarianconcern, and he described visits that he has made and situations that he has witnessed.
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We used to think of that as ahumanitarianconcern—and so it is.
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I shall point out only what is in my view a lack ofhumanitarianconcern.
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They must give them some help and show a littlehumanitarianconcern.
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