humanitarian relief

collocation in English

meaningsofhumanitarianandrelief

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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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relief
noun
uk
/rɪˈliːf/us
/rɪˈliːf/
a feeling of happiness that something unpleasant has not happened or ...
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(Definition ofhumanitarianandrelieffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Massivehumanitarianreliefis needed.
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Yes, there is an urgent need forhumanitarianrelief, buthumanitarianreliefis not a matter of food alone.
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What plans exist forhumanitarianrelief?
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How will that assisthumanitarianrelief?
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Whathumanitarianreliefis the international community able to provide?
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Further conflict may prevent the delivery ofhumanitarianrelief.
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The contribution is forhumanitarianreliefpurposes only.
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Secondly, immediatehumanitarianreliefmust reach those in need.
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We are also givinghumanitarianreliefand technical assistance.
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We gave support through third parties to assisthumanitarianrelief.
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That is fair enough, but it is nothumanitarianrelief.
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It also applies tohumanitarianreliefand development assistance.
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We defend the concept of 'needs-based'humanitarianrelief.
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It should be open to assist thehumanitarianrelief.
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The multinational force is being deployed to bringhumanitarianrelief.
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It is not just a matter ofhumanitarianrelief.
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I fear that our ability to providehumanitarianreliefto those in need is greater than our ability to make that humanitarian relief unnecessary in the first place.
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It is the difference between what is a warlike operation and ahumanitarianreliefoperation and when a humanitarian relief operation suddenly becomes a warlike operation.
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We are trying to do what we can to help withhumanitarianrelief.
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We agree and have so far contributed over £55 million tohumanitarianreliefoperations.
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In the near future further conflict may prevent the delivery ofhumanitarianrelief.
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In that process, offensive military action andhumanitarianreliefare fundamentally incompatible.
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We must mirror the success of the military campaign with an effective programme ofhumanitarianrelief.
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I would argue that we should apply allhumanitarianreliefthrough private charitable channels.
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I was describing the services provided to countries where we providehumanitarianrelief.
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