Humanitarian Assistance in a sentence

Targeting the civilian population and humanitarian actors is prohibited under international humanitarian law at all times and deprives the population of humanitarian assistance.

Today in South Sudan, 9.4 million people need humanitarian assistance — 76% of the country’s population, U.N. agency for humanitarian assistance reported.

As the world's leading humanitarian donor, the United States provided more than $3 billion in Fiscal Year 2017 in humanitarian assistance to fight hunger and provide other life-saving assistance worldwide.

In March 2024, the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that nine million people require humanitarian assistance in South Sudan this year.

The senator accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government of refusing “compliance with American laws” by restricting “humanitarian assistance” in Gaza and refusing to follow “international humanitarian law” while using US weapons.

The humanitarian arm of the Swiss Confederation is also examining the possibility of sending humanitarian assistance to the region, following an appeal for international aid launched by the Lebanese government.

The text calls for "all parties to armed conflicts to engage immediately in a durable humanitarian pause for at least 90 consecutive days" to allow for delivery of humanitarian assistance and medical evacuations.

The Development Initiative’s (DI) Global Humanitarian Assistance Report, published on June 19, stated that was the most charitable nation in 2017, with nearly $8.1 billion spent in humanitarian aid.

Blinken also "emphasised the need for Israel to take additional steps to increase and sustain the flow of humanitarian assistance into Gaza and ensure that assistance reaches civilians throughout Gaza," Miller said.

He called for the provision of humanitarian assistance to the residents in Durihimy district, Hodeidah province, which has been besieged for eight months and whose people are in urgent need of delivering relief and medical assistance.

The assistance provided is designed to supplement or complement the efforts of the host nation civil authorities or agencies that may have the primary responsibility for providing humanitarian assistance" (JP 1-02).

According to the UN, four million people in Syria depend on humanitarian assistance to survive following years of conflict, economic strife and devastating earthquakes.

Aid deliveries have been held up in a nation of 46 million people where about one-third had already relied on humanitarian assistance.

Combined, the conflict and historic drought have generated catastrophic levels of need, leaving at least 20 million people requiring humanitarian assistance in Ethiopia.

Forget the West, in almost everything but humanitarian assistance and solidarity.

He visited Myanmar last week to meet with new leaders of the Myanmar Red Cross, and also met with the nations’ ministers and reiterated the need for principled humanitarian assistance.

His speech comes the day after his high-stakes trip to Israel, where he showed solidarity with the country in its battle against Hamas and pushed for more humanitarian assistance to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

Humanitarian assistance to be sent to Turkey waits to be transported from Al Udeid air base in Qatar on February 7, 2023 following a deadly earthquake in Turkey in Syria.

Instead, President Kiir appeals to the UN and the Troika to lift the sanctions imposed on the country and continue to render humanitarian assistance and support toward infrastructure development.

It may be easy to overlook Slovakia’s humanitarian assistance Ukrainian refugees amidst massive on-going crises and conflicts in places like Sudan, Haiti, Syria and Yemen.