| Concern is growing among humanitarian aid workers that about 100,000 people are now in imminent peril. |
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| The Scouts are learning about international humanitarian aid by doing it themselves. |
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| He suggested duties would involve reconstruction, health care and humanitarian aid. |
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| They had no intention of joining the fighting, they insist, but only of giving humanitarian aid. |
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| They told us that they want us to stop humanitarian aid by the first of the year. |
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| It is time to stop pretending that diplomacy, watery sanctions, and under-funded humanitarian aid are always enough. |
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| It joined a convey of 23 ambulances and nine lorries packed with humanitarian aid. |
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| After humanitarian aid is stepped up, the most important task is re-establishing agriculture, including seed production and irrigation. |
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| It would have to give people security, humanitarian aid, peace, and some form of law and order. |
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| Apart from giving the children a holiday each year, we also send out many tonnes of humanitarian aid. |
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| It could provide a land bridge over which humanitarian aid could be brought in from neighbouring Uzbekistan by the lorryload. |
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| There is a recognition that any military action must be accompanied by huge humanitarian aid. |
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| Reports that it is mainly women who demand that humanitarian aid be fairly distributed. |
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| Twenty-two people lost their lives. Prior to that date and since then, many other humanitarian aid workers have lost their lives. |
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| In addition, we will enhance our humanitarian aid programmes by dispatching medicine and food. |
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| Aside from the lack of clarity in her business interests, Jeleva was clearly not cut out for a top job in humanitarian aid and crisis management. |
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| Those aid groups quickly found that humanitarian aid earmarked for northern Afghanistan was not making it there. |
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| Access to food has increased thanks to lower food prices and improvements in the coordination of humanitarian aid. |
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| The new Member States that relied on development assistance and humanitarian aid nearly two decades ago now luxuriate in rapid economic growth. |
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| The humanitarian aid, concentrated in Port-au-Prince, has difficulty in getting to the more distant affected regions. |
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| The issue of refugees and humanitarian aid policy will undoubtedly and deservedly give rise to substantial debate. |
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| The same flawed criteria and analysis seems to apply to decision to deny humanitarian aid and even go to war. |
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| Finally, I would like to suggest that we examine a new problem, which is close to my heart: humanitarian aid. |
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| Nevertheless there was little concrete output, with the exception of some declaratory statements and calls for humanitarian aid. |
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| Apart from many other objections to EU involvement in military matters, it is a distraction from a clear focus on humanitarian aid. |
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| We believe the use of an air strike could jeopardize the humanitarian aid process and put our soldiers in great danger. |
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| By firing on border crossings, the terrorists cynically force closures, which hamper efforts to deliver humanitarian aid. |
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| These broadcasts will help in the fight against crime and corruption and are invaluable when it comes to humanitarian aid and human development. |
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| Finally, the report drew attention to the neglect of education in humanitarian aid. |
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| A clear distinction must be made between military operations and humanitarian aid. |
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| When the women finally run out of food or water, they are forced to walk kilometres in search of humanitarian aid. |
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| Another two million Darfurians are considered to be directly affected by the ongoing crisis and are in need of humanitarian aid. |
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| This commitment must be met and additional commitments should be made in the areas of health care, education and humanitarian aid. |
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| The relaxation of restrictions on movement and easier access for humanitarian aid organisations could accentuate this positive trend. |
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| His reaffirmation of the need for humanitarian aid seemed heartfelt. |
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| As one of the most impoverished countries in the world, Afghanistan remains in need of humanitarian aid from the international community. |
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| Given that they opposed the war, it's hardly reasonable to suggest that they should be eager to have all the scutwork of humanitarian aid dumped on them. |
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| It also allowed humanitarian aid into the Darfur region and called for talks to resume with the dissident groups. |
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| His brother Bob is chairman of the Oak Tree Foundation, which provides humanitarian aid to the poor, sick and needy children of Romania from its base in Huddersfield. |
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| The Association argued that this definition would include non-military assistance and humanitarian aid such as medical assistance, sustenance and disaster relief. |
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| Japan froze yen soft loans and aid grants to the two countries for new projects, except for emergency and humanitarian aid and assistance for grassroots projects. |
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| Our humanitarian aid goes impartially to those who most need it and, tragically, the needs in Lebanon get bigger every day the conflict persists. |
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| All technical assistance was stopped except if promoting democracy or humanitarian aid. |
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| We pride ourselves on our capacity for conflict prevention and humanitarian aid, and rightly so. |
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| Excellent work has been done there in the field of humanitarian aid, as I have been able to see with my own eyes. |
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| Again, the Council failed today by vetoing this draft resolution to require Mr. Mugabe's Government to allow humanitarian aid to be delivered. |
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| Their aim was to carry out a programme to provide humanitarian aid for children of all ethnics in areas affected by war and other crises. |
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| Belgium once again appeals for the free and unhampered access of humanitarian aid to the victims. |
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| The white phosphorus landed next to some fuel trucks and caused a large fire which destroyed tons of humanitarian aid. |
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| That is why I am very careful to give a clearcut definition of my responsibilities as the Commissioner responsible for humanitarian aid. |
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| All humanitarian aid agencies under the umbrella of the OLS suspended their work in the area for safety reasons. |
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| Consequently, the EU must tread carefully and concentrate on delivering humanitarian aid to its long-suffering people. |
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| Of course, what we are spending on the sticking plaster of massive humanitarian aid could be so much more productively spent on development. |
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| The Bundeswehr is called upon when it comes to evacuating German citizens in an emergency and providing humanitarian aid. |
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| After 22 years in the world of humanitarian aid and a detour to finance, my work is my passion. |
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| There must be a safe and consistent delivery of humanitarian aid to those in need. |
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| For this reason, we must pressurise the Sudanese Government to honour its commitment made on 3 July to enable the flow of humanitarian aid. |
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| There will also be a continued need for separate pools of funds for disaster relief and humanitarian aid efforts. |
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| There has been an ongoing effort, in addition to the other moneys that were given for food and humanitarian aid. |
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| They did not reject at all the notion that there needs to be a great deal more in terms of meaningful humanitarian aid and development effort. |
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| Greece has been among the very first countries to send humanitarian aid to the region, and we stand ready to contribute even further. |
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| However, only a small proportion of humanitarian aid is directed at education. |
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| The Federal Government is prepared to take an active role in distributing humanitarian aid and rebuilding Iraq. |
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| This bears out the dialogue that is taking place between the Commission and civil society in the context of humanitarian aid. |
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| Switzerland stepped up ist efforts for peace and human rights and also provides humanitarian aid. |
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| This involved covering a humanitarian aid mission in which my husband was involved. |
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| An allegation by President Bush that some non-governmental organisations are operating as terrorist fronts caused unease in humanitarian aid groups last night. |
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| Some lorries with humanitarian aid and tanker lorries filled with fuel were machine-gunned and then embezzled by members of Hamas. |
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| I hope that old enmities will continue to be put behind them and for them to concentrate only on the provision of humanitarian aid. |
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| They called for immediate, sustained and unconditional opening of the crossings for the flow of humanitarian aid, commercial goods and people. |
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| In the case of humanitarian aid, however, the immediate response can and should be handled as a much more focused activity. |
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| The helicopters, which also have been used to deliver humanitarian aid to some inaccessible areas, were chosen partly because of their low rotor downwash. |
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| It demands that freedom of access to Chechnya and the proper convoying of humanitarian aid to the population be guaranteed. |
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| During the past four years Community humanitarian aid has increased sevenfold. |
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| The Council expresses its concern at the difficulties of access and of convoying humanitarian aid in Afghanistan. |
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| It is distinguished from humanitarian aid as being aimed at alleviating poverty in the long term, rather than suffering in the short term. |
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| The European Commission has cleared a package of humanitarian aid worth ECU 900,000 to combat an outbreak of typhoid fever in Tadjikistan. |
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| Piracy and hijacking of humanitarian aid have also hindered the provision of assistance. |
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| In the short term the Commission is determined to help the country overcome its current crisis by providing humanitarian aid to the evacuees. |
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| The department also has extensive experience in humanitarian aid, and it has the wherewithal to monitor and evaluate an assistance project. |
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| The joint action on the convoying of humanitarian aid in Bosnia, adopted on 8 November 1993, was amended accordingly. |
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| We are well disposed to humanitarian aid and to support for people in situations that make them vulnerable. |
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| We need to continue international humanitarian aid and to find the best way to do it effectively and transparently. |
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| We are providing urgent humanitarian aid and, to address the financial consequences of this situation, we are instructing our relevant Ministers to report within one month on how best to help Algeria recover. |
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| Programmes of development cooperation and humanitarian aid come into existence as a result of negotiations with actors who have differing interests and power positions. |
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| The stringent measures include halting of inter-Korean exchanges and trade, North Korean vessels will not be allowed to sail through South Korean waters and minimal humanitarian aid to the impoverished North. |
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| They also promote Britain's wider interests, support international peacekeeping efforts, and provide humanitarian aid. |
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| We shall not forget that we are in real asymmetrical warfare and the media are arms while humanitarian aid is a means of delegitimising the adversary in the eyes of the world. |
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| The European Union had previously presented this group with a demarche asking the countries in the region to influence the Burmese authorities to open the borders to humanitarian aid and humanitarian aid workers. |
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| And it is easy to give lessons in democracy when countries in the North sell arms to the South, only to come back later with humanitarian aid that is merely the leftovers from the tables of the rich. |
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| Unhindered passage of humanitarian aid, people and commercial goods must be allowed in order to ensure recovery and reconstruction and provide hope for a better future. |
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| This Decision supplements the one taken on 8 November 1993 in the framework of the CFSP, also relating to the joint action on support for the convoying of humanitarian aid in Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
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| In addition, women are less likely to access humanitarian aid that is being distributed by military forces which further marginalizes women in this situation. |
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| Having completed its transition period and achieved a stable rate of economic growth, the Russian Federation was now increasingly concerned with developing its humanitarian aid and economic assistance capabilities. |
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| In Bosnia, throughout the war and during the siege of Sarajevo, La Benevolencia functioned as a key nonsectarian conduit for humanitarian aid to the beleaguered city. |
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| As I said in my opening remarks, the fight against malaria requires efforts and resources in various areas of policy, such as research, trade and, of course, development cooperation and humanitarian aid. |
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| Amnesty International has called for an immediate and independent investigation into the shelling, which disrupted the distribution of humanitarian aid to Gaza's beleaguered civilians. |
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| These and so many other appalling events in the world, reminding us of the fragility of human life, also lead us to reflect on the need for justice, solidarity, humanitarian aid and ways to decrease violence. |
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| Pirate attacks and armed robberies off the Somali coast have been threatening fishing boats and humanitarian aid shipments in recent months. |
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| Yet the Canadian Navy has sailed all seven seas and played a part in both World Wars, the Korean War, the Gulf War and a multitude of United Nations and humanitarian aid missions to countries such as Haiti and East Timor. |
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| Efforts to expand humanitarian aid with no strings attached would allow the United States to do more to address hunger, diseases and poverty, while reaping considerable benefits to its standing and lowering terror risks. |
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| Under these circumstances, the pacifying declarations on humanitarian aid by the European institutions are shamefully hypocritical and we have no intention of backing them, which is why we abstained from the vote. |
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| In response to such a cry of alarm, can the Prime Minister stop waffling and take an unequivocal stand so that humanitarian aid can be distributed and the population protected? |
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| The consensus is a milepost for European Union humanitarian aid. |
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| From 1991, the European Community posted observers18 to Slovenia and Croatia to make sure humanitarian aid got through to the combat zones and in an attempt to mediate between the belligerents. |
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| I therefore agree with the proposals made by the Irish Presidency that the Union should concentrate on humanitarian aid, respect for human rights and on the political, economic and social factors that foment violence and war. |
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| Many of those in dire straits depend wholly on humanitarian aid. |
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| His investigations turn up a few praiseworthy examples of international cooperation, but on the whole he finds himself drawn to a terrible, inescapable conclusion: humanitarian aid is a utopian mirage. |
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| From a practical point of view, the predominant issues are humanitarian aid and the safeguarding of security, order and the restoration of normalcy in the area. |
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| As emergency and conflict situations continue to afflict the developing world, developed countries have responded by financing a growing volume of bilateral humanitarian aid out of shrinking aid budgets. |
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| Secondly, humanitarian aid was targeted at victims of the severe drought, then in its fourth consecutive year, enabling them to stay alive and helping them to avoid having to move out of the area. |
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| Our government has asked for a ceasefire and open access for all humanitarian aid, so that the wounded can be evacuated and the refugees and civilians can be assisted. |
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| The difficult environment in which humanitarian aid takes place is characterised by unpredictability, volatility, insecurity and problems of access to victims. |
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| I would say the tolerance of errors should be more or less zero there, while in the area of external services, of foreign policy, quite different risks arise if, for instance, we provide humanitarian aid in a war zone. |
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| In some cases, Governments have taken urgently needed steps towards facilitating safe and unimpeded access of humanitarian aid workers to vulnerable populations. |
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| Mali, a landlocked country that receives a considerable amount of humanitarian aid, is one of the poorest countries in the world, where 64 percent of the population lives below the poverty line. |
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| Restrictions are often applied inconsistently, creating unpredictability in the implementation of activities and crippling the flow of humanitarian aid. |
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| In contrast with previous years, 2007 has seen no major new crisis in the field of humanitarian aid, whether they be natural disaster or complex emergencies. |
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| And by firing on border-crossings and abusing humanitarian convoys, the terrorists cynically force closures, which hamper efforts to deliver humanitarian aid and relief. |
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| For instance, with regard to Gora¸de, the Special Rapporteur found that the enclave was being shelled and had been denied convoys of humanitarian aid for two months. |
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| Last, but not least, the will to contribute to the integration of various cultures, carrying humanitarian aid to people in need and establishing a twinship with the Chinese police forces. |
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| There's a fear amongst humanitarian aid workers that young mothers and their children could be ostracised as a result of what they've been through. |
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| That means that financial assistance, humanitarian aid and political initiative are called for, and if those things are not forthcoming, then, month after month, there will be weepings and lamentations when we meet here. |
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| Humanitarian aid has its own rationale and it is important to recognise that if we allow ourselves to politicise the whole thing, we are doing humanitarian aid no favours. |
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| By fraudulent means, they could substantially inflate the camp's population and syphon off humanitarian aid for the benefit of certain heads of the milia or political officials. |
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| The International Federation has been acknowledged as having a world-class supply chain that can compare with the best services in both the commercial and humanitarian aid worlds. |
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| With the precious implication of a team from French Air Army, the humanitarian aid was convoyed by two helicopters PUMA and ALLOUETTE from the flight deck of Le Vendémiaire. |
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| Indeed since 19 June 2007, more than 50,000 tons of humanitarian aid have been transferred through the Sufra crossing, and more than 4,000 tons passed through the Kerem Shalom crossing. |
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| Supposedly, it was to be used as humanitarian aid for the province of Aceh, where a secessionist revolt is under way. Mr Sapuan has said that the masseur promised him the top job at Bulog in exchange for the transfer. |
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| In the last five years the humanitarian operations carried out by the Commission on behalf of the Union have grown sevenfold to make this latter now by far the foremost single public donor of humanitarian aid. |
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| Pernod Ricards humanitarian aid has already helped to rebuild four schools in Phangna, Phuket, Krabi and Ranong, each catering to between 500 and 1,000 pupils. |
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| We are living in a time when, inevitably, the work of governments, UNO and NGO agencies for development and humanitarian aid are the subject of critical debate. |
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| The European Commission has rushed emergency humanitarian aid worth 1.2 MECU to the Chinese province of Yunnan, where over 400,000 people are homeless after an earthquake. |
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| This example of humanitarian aid can be extrapolated to other actions of NGOs, whether it is providing legal services to those accused of terrorism, or providing other benign non-governmental advice or services. |
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| Médecins du Monde has launched this week an emergency mission in the Rift Valley to ensure the provision of healthcare for the displaced population who remains out of reach for the humanitarian aid until now. |
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| The French humanitarian aid will consist of a Casa aircraft, sent to Port-Moresby, and 2 tons cargo of medicines, food and clothing as requested by Papua New Guinea's officials. |
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| The European Commission is providing ¤2 million in emergency humanitarian aid to the vulnerable Filipinos most affected by tropical storm Ketsana. |
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| In order to establish a framework for joint contributions from young Europeans to the humanitarian aid operations of the Union, a European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps shall be set up. |
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| He was fatally wounded by an explosive device, similar to the indiscriminant weapons that have threatened the civilian population as much as the NATO military forces and those delivering humanitarian aid. |
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| Part of our reason for needing to stay as an agent of humanitarian aid in Bosnia is part of our recognition of the importance of the United Nations and our desire to keep it not just alive, but well, thriving and growing. |
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| We understand that it is disappointing to be so interested in a field like humanitarian aid or an organization like Action Against Hunger and not seem to be able to even get your foot in the door. |
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| The European Commission has allocated two new decisions with a total of ¤20 million in humanitarian aid for victims of the Afghanistan crisis and natural hazard in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran. |
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| There is a definite and resounding yes also to increased humanitarian aid, especially for the Afghan people and the Afghan refugees who are living under extreme conditions. |
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| We have usually been quick off the mark to provide humanitarian aid to most of these strife ridden parts of the world, and that is certainly a good and admirable effort. |
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| The evaluation questions centre around relevance, effectiveness and efficiency, impact and sustainability, with some minor deviations in the area of humanitarian aid. |
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| While their primary role is to conduct amphibious warfare, they have also been deployed for humanitarian aid missions. |
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| According to his legend, he once worked for the Red Cross, spreading humanitarian aid in Africa. |
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| Conservative estimates of annual zakat is estimated to be 15 times global humanitarian aid contributions. |
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| The caravan was carrying humanitarian aid, Russian authorities said. |
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| Meanwhile, intense fighting and an al-Qaeda choke hold mean humanitarian aid has not even been able to reach the area yet. |
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| In the wake of the Bam earthquake in Iran, the deployment of MIC expert teams alongside UN and NGOs operations by the EU Civil Protection Mechanism caused consternation amongst the international humanitarian aid community. |
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| The flight crews and ground personnel of the TAL Det are equally well suited to the mission: in recent years, they have delivered military supplies and humanitarian aid to Somalia, Kosovo, Eritrea and other troubled areas. |
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| It has been developing, in consultation with various partners, a detailed definition of humanitarian aid that aims at inclusiveness, in accordance with the increasingly holistic view of humanitarian action in recent years. |
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| As soldiers become more involved in delivering humanitarian aid, aid workers are not always seen as neutral in conflict situations and increasingly come under attack. |
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| On the question of the humanitarian aid being supplied in response to the current crisis there, it is imperative that more aid be provided to those people. |
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| We should not forget that the delivery of EU humanitarian aid is a serious business, which requires technical expertise, experience and a high degree of professionalism. |
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| If humanitarian aid workers do not have full access to those in need, many hundreds of thousands of beneficiaries will not receive the quantity or quality of assistance they require. |
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| Dozens of other countries provided humanitarian aid. |
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| He expressed concern about the impact of the economic crisis on international humanitarian aid and confirmed Japan's commitment to continue strengthening its partnership with UNHCR and providing it with financial support. |
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| People with disabilities are not taken into account in a timely and appropriate way, and thus deprived of the humanitarian aid to which they are entitled. |
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| The organisation, which as of 2007 served 136 countries, began with members of the Sri Chinmoy Centre distributing humanitarian aid to needy children and adults worldwide. |
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| There were 331 dead and about 800,000 in need of humanitarian aid. |
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| The planeload of humanitarian aid, which is offered by the Russian people and government to the Syrian people, contained foodstuffs and other livelihood requirements. |
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| Furthermore, the Royal Australian Air Force C-130J had successfully airdropped humanitarian aid for the displaced civilians on Mount Sinjar in northern Iraq. |
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| It is present in 127 countries, running charity shops, operating shelters for the homeless and disaster relief and humanitarian aid to developing countries. |
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| The UK military deployment to Sierra Leone is part of a wider humanitarian aid program led by DfID, involving Save the Children and the Sierra Leonean Government and military. |
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| The humanitarian aid groups want to see foreign aid depoliticized. |
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