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humanitarian catastrophe

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meanings of humanitarianand catastrophe


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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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catastrophe
noun[C]
uk /kəˈtæs.trə.fi/ us /kəˈtæs.trə.fi/
a sudden event that causes very great trouble ...
See more at catastrophe


Examples of humanitarian catastrophe


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Unfortunately, it is all too obvious that, given that winter is approaching, we are heading for a humanitariancatastrophe, unless the situation changes soon.
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I am afraid that we have already seen a humanitariancatastrophe and wish to ensure that it does not continue.
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Given the scale of the humanitariancatastrophe in the region, it would be complacent to say that anybody's life there is satisfactory.
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The humanitariancatastrophe that we had hoped to avert by prompt action has indeed happened.
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A humanitariancatastrophe continues to unfold there, as it has for at least the past 10 years.
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We must act now to avert a humanitariancatastrophe.
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Our legal justification rests upon the accepted principle that force may be used in extreme circumstances to avert a humanitariancatastrophe.
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The situation must dramatically improve if we are to avoid a humanitariancatastrophe.
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The action being taken is an exceptional measure to halt an overwhelming humanitariancatastrophe.
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The humanitariancatastrophe is still with us two months or more after we had intelligence about it.
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The fact is that we have the right in international law to prevent overwhelming humanitariancatastrophe.
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They were wrong when they forecast a humanitariancatastrophe, which never arose.
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Our justification was that a humanitariancatastrophe was occurring.
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It is justified as an exceptional measure to prevent an overwhelming humanitariancatastrophe.
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He says that, unless ground troops are committed, there will be no way of averting a humanitariancatastrophe.
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As we debate the gravest humanitariancatastrophe to befall our continent since the second world war, the number of expelled civilians continues to grow.
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In the short term that has without doubt alleviated a humanitariancatastrophe of unthinkable proportions.
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As for the third reason, the humanitariancatastrophe that had to be prevented, we could hardly say that we were doing that this time.
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We believe that it is essential that, when a humanitariancatastrophe occurs, whether natural or caused by man, instruments are already in place.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
We may speak of a risk of humanitariancatastrophe.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
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