humanitarian

Example Sentences

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The Americans, the British, the French and others in the end were shamed into a big humanitarian operation to rescue the Kurds.

From BBC

UN aid chief Tom Fletcher warned that the escalating war and the impact on the strait was having "a direct impact on our humanitarian supplies, including going to areas of key need in sub-Saharan Africa".

From Barron's

"The humanitarian family mourns a woman of conviction," Unicef in Cameroon posted on X, announcing that UN flags would be flown at half-mast in her honour.

From BBC

He urged "respect for humanitarian law and for the personnel who are on the ground and committed to saving lives".

From Barron's

Exhausted Afghans cross the border from Iran in a sandstorm, leaving behind a country in the grip of war to return to a homeland that is battered by conflict and humanitarian crisis.

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