humanitarian purpose

collocation in English

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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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purpose
noun
uk
/ˈpɜː.pəs/us
/ˈpɝː.pəs/
why you do something or why ...
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(Definition ofhumanitarianandpurposefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This programme has been set up purely for thehumanitarianpurposeof reducing the danger to refugees when they return to their homes.
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That is not ahumanitarianpurpose, although it might do a great deal more good in humanitarian terms than the present effort.
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It would be wrong for me to say that we will seek to use aid which was intended for ahumanitarianpurposefor political reasons.
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Itshumanitarianpurposeis held to justify any methods.
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I believe that thehumanitarianpurposethey espouse is a worthy one.
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Could not, for example, these ships be sold and the funds made available for thathumanitarianpurpose?
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Thehumanitarianpurposeof having planes patrolling the no-fly zone continues.
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It will be seen that our proposals have a veryhumanitarianpurpose.
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Life saving sport is one of few sports that has ahumanitarianpurpose: to train better life savers and life guards.
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He expressed doubt about the availability of reservists for humanitarian purposes overseas.
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However, for humanitarian purposes, they had been provided with food and temporary shelter before being sent out of the country.
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I also hope that those organisations can carry out their noble activities for strictly humanitarian purposes, without any political interference.
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We went there for humanitarian purposes and to save lives.
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Should not the principle of end user certification be extended to the export of food products for humanitarian purposes?
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We must make sure that assistance given for humanitarian purposes is not used for others.
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We have reduced aid and targeted it only for humanitarian purposes.
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They are intended for humanitarian purposes to save lives.
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It more than doubles the amount of money available from the sale of oil and oil revenues for humanitarian purposes.
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First, is the exemption of vehicles on the road for humanitarian purposes, such vehicles as ambulances, fire-engines and others of that kind, including invalid vehicles.
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