humanitarian operation

collocation in English

meaningsofhumanitarianandoperation

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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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operation
noun
uk
/ˌɒp.ərˈeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌɑː.pəˈreɪ.ʃən/
the fact of operating or ...
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(Definition ofhumanitarianandoperationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thehumanitarianoperationis right.
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Yet everything is in place for an immediatehumanitarianoperation.
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We are talking not about an instrument of collective defence, but about a peacekeepinghumanitarianoperation.
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That has not happened because we have managed to sustain thehumanitarianoperation.
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There may come a point at which thehumanitarianoperationbecomes impossible.
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This is, without doubt, a huge and very complexhumanitarianoperation.
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They could cause fighting to escalate, civilian casualties to rise and an end to thehumanitarianoperation.
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But worthwhile as thehumanitarianoperationis, it can treat only the symptoms, not the causes of the conflict.
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Any decision must take careful account of the importance of thehumanitarianoperationand the safety of the civilians and soldiers running the operation.
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It provides unique identifiers to thousands of locations and administrative units in ahumanitarianoperation.
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However, once there, and confronted with the enormity of what was taking place, he felt a film about thishumanitarianoperationwas missing the real story.
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