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Example sentences for: humanitarian
How can you use “humanitarian” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
The papers report that the U.S. announced Monday it is pledging an additional $500 million in humanitarian assistance to Kosovo, thus raising the total U.S. commitment there to $800 million.
The case for not acting until you have to was put most vividly by Senate Assistant Majority Leader Don Nickles of Oklahoma, in a remark that also captures the hard-nosed attitude regarding humanitarian concerns.
Among other destinations, NomadNet will link you to the Journal of Humanitarian Assistance, published at Cambridge University.
A WP "Outlook" piece proposes establishing a moral "yardstick" for American intervention in international conflicts: If for example the war death rate exceeds five times the U.S. national murder rate, then we should strongly consider military (as well as humanitarian) involvement.
After all, if Kenyans are appalled by the damage caused by outsiders, it asked, why don't they similarly condemn the internal ethnic clashes that, despite having cost thousands of lives, "did not result in the kind of humanitarian response as has been seen in Nairobi the past few days"?