humanitarian need
collocation in Englishmeaningsofhumanitarianandneed
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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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need
noun
uk/niːd/us/niːd/
the state of having to have something that you do not have, especially something that you must have so that you can have a ...
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(Definition ofhumanitarianandneedfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It is necessary to establish that ahumanitarianneedexists.
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Our humanitarian support is targeted accorded to demonstratedhumanitarianneed.
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They do not appear to be in immediatehumanitarianneed.
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Future assistance will depend on levels ofhumanitarianneed.
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The difficulty is that we decided three years ago that there was ahumanitarianneed.
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I stress the overridinghumanitarianneedto allow the agencies to continue with their lifesaving work.
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We have committed £600,000 to date in terms of the immediatehumanitarianneed.
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In the meantime, we will continue to give urgenthumanitarianneedtop priority.
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Let there be no mistake, that is where thehumanitarianneedis.
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Thehumanitarianneedto introduce this legislation with such urgency is therefore obvious.
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Their deployment was intended as a temporary measure to meet an immediate and overwhelminghumanitarianneed.
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There is a fully justified case for it in international law in the case of severehumanitarianneed.
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The first and most pressing of these is meeting the urgenthumanitarianneedof the victims of the terror.
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In cases of extremehumanitarianneed, intervention without the consent of the government concerned can be justified.
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Unfortunately, sometimes we cannot react as rapidly as we would like to the various situations ofhumanitarianneedand shortage.
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It will be awful, and there will be a hugehumanitarianneedin that part of the world.
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We would assist with the provision of hospital facilities if they were an immediatehumanitarianneedwhich could not be met from other sources.
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They represent an enormoushumanitarianneedand, while conflict prevents their return, a continuing demand on the resources of the donor countries.
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However, emergency relief alone can not resolve the underlying drivers of displacement andhumanitarianneed.
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The restrictions would not apply in the case ofhumanitarianneed.
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Over the past fifteen years, more than two million people have been driven out of their homes in that country, and there is an enormoushumanitarianneed.
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I feel that he also believes that this is a matter ofhumanitarianneedand that the case is not based on genuine forgery or fraud.
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Expenditure to meethumanitarianneedand aspects of the peace process is incurred at very short notice and it is not possible to list projects in advance.
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I cannot understand how those who shout the loudest about survival and unilateral nuclear disarmament are blind to the basichumanitarianneedto protect the population against every eventuality.
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