adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an aid/relief/humanitarian convoy (= taking food, clothes, medicine etc to people in disaster areas )
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The United Nations aid convoy finally reached the border.
humanitarian aid (= given to people living in very bad conditions )
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Ministers agreed to send humanitarian aid, including food and medical supplies.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
aid
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The resolution refers specifically to detention centres and humanitarian aid .
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Baker was reported to have spoken with Bufi about human and political rights and to have promised US$6,000,000 in immediate humanitarian aid .
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The hon. Gentleman is right about the principle of humanitarian aid , although he is wrong about the details.
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Unemployment is at 38 %, and thousands are being denied access to humanitarian aid , food supplies and work.
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If the hon. Gentleman is going to talk about humanitarian aid , I hope that he will get his facts right.
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We have provided valuable economic and humanitarian aid to ease the transition to a market economy.
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With the exception of western humanitarian aid , none of their hopes of an rapid improvement in the economy was fulfilled.
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They called for a ceasefire in the region and for access for humanitarian aid deliveries.
concern
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I should like to say I joined the scheme out of humanitarian concerns but to be honest it was with a view to increasing business.
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There will also be an increase in humanitarian concerns about animal welfare.
law
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This, as we have seen, is a rejection of the basic principles of the international humanitarian law of armed conflict.
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The participating States will make widely available in their respective countries the international humanitarian law of war.
purpose
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S.-backed loans, even for humanitarian purposes .
reason
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But the troops will only go in for humanitarian reasons including the protection of supplies.
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The humanitarian reasons for safeguarding this provision should be sufficient in themselves.
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The first principle reiterates a point made earlier: although they favoured reform rather than punishment, this was not for humanitarian reasons .
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Aside from purely humanitarian reasons , there are other more practical reasons for aiming to control pain.
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Most people joined it for humanitarian reasons but it was an outlet for all kinds of disgust.
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For humanitarian reasons , all paralysed infants should receive opiate analgesia.
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Neither experts nor ordinary people understand why humanitarian reasons should prevail over elementary justice.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Humanitarian aid is being sent to the refugees.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But it also reflects a direct concern by President Clinton over the diplomatic and humanitarian effects of open-ended sanctions.
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He urged that military support be sent immediately to protect humanitarian convoys entering Sarajevo.
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On 8 January I called for a high-level meeting of donor countries to respond to the United Nations latest humanitarian appeal.
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The monetary value of the lamp, as opposed to its humanitarian value, was greatly appreciated by all the major principals concerned.
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They can and have safeguarded the provision of humanitarian aid.
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Unemployment is at 38 %, and thousands are being denied access to humanitarian aid, food supplies and work.
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We made this offer on humanitarian grounds.