humanitarian goal

collocation in English

meaningsofhumanitarianandgoal

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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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goal
noun[C]
uk
/ɡəʊl/us
/ɡoʊl/
an area on a playing field, that usually has two posts with a net fixed behind them, where players try to send the ball in order to score in sports such as football ...
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(Definition ofhumanitarianandgoalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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About £22 million has already been allocated to agencies for their work in the region to fulfil their humanitarian goals.
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About £37 million has already been allocated to agencies for their work in the region to fulfil their humanitarian goals.
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The consequences, however, will reveal whether our global coalition acts only out of united self-interest, or works genuinely towards a greaterhumanitariangoal.
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They performed to achieve a personal/humanitariangoalor dream.
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They danced every week in order to win a prize: to achieve a personal/humanitariangoalor dream.
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Effacing borders helps to promote medicine's universalistic claims and also endorses humanitarian goals when political conflicts might interfere with public health endeavors.
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Thus, the colonial project appeared, at first glance, to be motivated by humanitarian goals as opposed to the commercial avarice of a select few.
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Also, the primary objective of these groups are not record sales or profit for the musicians, but a morehumanitariangoalsuch as supporting a non-profit organization.
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About £22 million has already been allocated to agencies for their work in the region to fulfil their humanitarian goals.
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About £37 million has already been allocated to agencies for their work in the region to fulfil their humanitarian goals.
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Socialism is a hypocritical system, because its professed humanitarian goals can only be put into practice by brutal methods of which most socialists disapprove.
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John, who believed his brother to be the better man and rightful heir, decided to balance business needs with humanitarian goals.
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