humanitarian assistance

collocation in English

meanings of humanitarianand assistance

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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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assistance
noun[U]
uk /əˈsɪs.təns/ us /əˈsɪs.təns/
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Examples of humanitarian assistance

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There are no documented instances where inflows of foreign aid or humanitarianassistance were affected by a host state's policies towards refugees on its territory.
The presence of combatants in refugee camps raises a serious dilemma as to their eligibility for humanitarianassistance and protection.
The remaining two substantial chapters are concerned with the ways in which humanitarianassistance might actually contribute to building peace in conflict situations.
The latter can in turn be sub-divided into investment or aid, whether development or humanitarianassistance.
Host communities also benefit when relief agencies allocate part of their humanitarianassistance budget to offset the negative impact of refugees, especially those associated with the environment and public health.
We have traditionally been one of the most important donors in the east, via our humanitarian assistance and our rehabilitation and capacity-building programmes.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
I have been a development minister providing humanitarianassistance on a national basis to countries torn apart by war.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
While access for humanitarianassistance has improved, the humanitarian situation is still critical.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
Humanitarianassistance has its own rationale and objectives.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
We have managed to increase our ability to deliver humanitarianassistance.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
What we have not done is to increase our ability to make that humanitarianassistance unnecessary in the first place.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
We are the biggest providers of this humanitarianassistance in the world and it is important, occasionally, that we remember that.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
We can in due course provide a minimum of humanitarianassistance if and when the situation allows.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
At the same time, the number of people dependent upon humanitarianassistance has risen to nearly 3 million.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
From the second week of the conflict onwards, we provided rapid humanitarianassistance.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
The last line of paragraph 10 should read 'which could lead to the freezing of aid, excluding food and humanitarianassistance'.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
The humanitarianassistance that we have provided over recent months has definitely been useful.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
The military action must be replaced by political dialogue and the conditions for safe delivery of humanitarianassistance must be assured.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
These aspects are integral to all our programmes of humanitarianassistance.
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