humanitarian crisis

collocation in English

meaningsofhumanitarianandcrisis

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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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crisis
noun
uk
/ˈkraɪ.sɪs/us
/ˈkraɪ.sɪs/
a time of great disagreement, confusion, ...
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(Definition ofhumanitarianandcrisisfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhumanitarian crisis

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The principle of sovereignty is now under siege, so that under gravehumanitariancrisisthe international community should have the upper hand.
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We are talking about the most serious cross-borderhumanitariancrisisin the world.
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Thehumanitariancrisisthere has in the last few months indisputably grown into a catastrophe.
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We are talking about countries in which the termhumanitariancrisisis tending to become the rule.
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We did this because we know that ahumanitariancrisiscan erupt at any time.
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In particular, we have had rather a long debate about the potentialhumanitariancrisis.
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Over a dozen conflict situations make thishumanitariancrisiseven worse.
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I would also like to express my serious concern about thehumanitariancrisis.
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All of this is on the point of creating a genuinehumanitariancrisis.
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Thehumanitariancrisisthat these actions generate is an additional reason for our concern.
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We wonder about the time scale, because there is ahumanitariancrisis.
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What should animate us all is thehumanitariancrisisamong the refugees in the hillside.
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Its economic and land policies are major contributors to the currenthumanitariancrisis.
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I will now say a word about thehumanitariancrisisand our contribution to dealing with it.
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A peace settlement is the only long-term solution to thathumanitariancrisis.
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It will do nothing to ease the deepening political, economic andhumanitariancrisis.
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There is a growinghumanitariancrisis, with 1.3 million living in refugee camps.
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We have supported the inclusion of sorghum and millet in seed packs distributed during thehumanitariancrisis.
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I very much share his view that we are dealing with a truehumanitariancrisis.
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It is clear that business as usual is insufficient to address the risinghumanitariancrisiswe confront.
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