Sentences with phrase «humanitarian purpose»

It was not for a big humanitarian purpose or to eliminate a terrible human disease.

Beyond the measurable educational goals and benefits, some people were convinced that busing served a humanitarian purpose.

At other times, however, donors may not realize that their funds are going to terror organizations: Extremists also conduct fundraising under fake charities that indicate donations will be used for humanitarian purposes, according to an October report by the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), an independent defense and security think - tank.

The changes, the latest in a series of new rules since the two former Cold War foes began normalizing relations in December 2014, will allow export to Cuba of some US consumer goods sold online and let US firms improve Cuban infrastructure for humanitarian purposes, the US Treasury and Commerce Departments said in a statement.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints provides relief and development projects for humanitarian purposes in countries all over the world.

But in their tenth anniversary «reflection» on the «83 pastoral, The Harvest of Justice Is Sown in Peace, a new topic appears: «the forceful, direct intervention by one or more states for essentially humanitarian purposes,» such as alleviating «internal chaos, repression and widespread loss of life.»

In the debates over humanitarian intervention in the 1990s some moralists made a distinction between «war,» which they understood as having to do with state uses of armed force for their own interests, and intervention by military force for humanitarian purposes, which they regarded as altruistic and not «war.»

Even «missions» for humanitarian purposes have a fundamental goal of propagation.

MASIPAG however, believes that Golden Rice is only intended to project a clean and wholesome image for genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and make it acceptable, since Golden Rice is aimed for so - called «humanitarian purposes.»

Although they think the armed forces are the UK's best asset in foreign policy, they are less supportive than Lib Dems of military action for humanitarian purposes (by 9 %), or to serve the broader interests of the international community (by 16 %).

There are those who put these kinds of support into their private pockets and accounts while there are those of us who receive for patriotic and humanitarian purposes and to continue the neo-colonial struggle.

The ratification of the agreement would grant US military personnel, defense contractors and agents among other executive officials unrestricted access to Ghanaian facilities for military and humanitarian purposes, a situation many fear will compromise the sovereignty of the country.

Although the technology has many commercial applications, it also offers opportunities for humanitarian purposes.

Looking back into history, the pision was not done for humanitarian purposes, but to protect oil rights.

He pioneered the field of crisis mapping during the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and now focuses on the use of robotics for humanitarian purposes.

good idea might be separate dry toilets for sick and healthy people... in the case of failure of crops (finnish still has just one word for this «kato») there should be some sort of transport system still present (priority on humanitarian purposes), when everything's in reasonable state this can be used for spreading essential industrial products like communication tech, spare parts for farming machinery, biodegradable materials, I'm not sure what an optimal size for such a utopian community would be, but there would have to be some electricians, repairmen for machinery, maintenance crews, communications experts, well your typical 1930s top craftsmen with a dose of tech experts from the 1980s and 1990s.

Not exact matches

Motivated by religious purpose, it was yet truly scientific and pursued humanitarian aims.

God in His will through history had into reality seemingly illogical or cruel events to happen in our world, but no one is spared if the purpose is for the good of humanity, wars pestilence even the holocust has a reason and purpose beyond our comprehension at our times but will be reveald in the future, The Phillipine catasthrophy for example is viewed by some as Gods punishment, we experienced the brunt of natures punishing power but it also unveiled the true feelings and concern of the whole world in helping us materially and spiiritually by aiding and consoling us that was unprecedented in history, The whole world had demostrated, to me, a kind of humanitarian concern and love that trancends races and culture, A kind of demonstration by higher being the we humans is one with Him.The cost of human lives and misery is nothing in history compared to its positve historical consequences

Altruistic, humanitarian activities give deep satisfaction and a sense of fulfilling one's true purpose in life.

First, the religious point of view which provides so - called humanitarian goals for the statesman as a direct and immediate substitute for selfish national purposes «misconceives the nature of international relations.»

As part of our purpose, we help give back to the industry through programs such as ISHP's Hollywood Heart summer camp for children affected by HIV / AIDS, the Manfred Steinfeld Humanitarian Award, NEWH scholarships, Good 360, and gifts in kind.

Evans» gloomy forecast is that, aside from the serious humanitarian crisis developing in Gaza, another disastrous affect of the Israeli invasion will be «extremists trying to radicalise individuals [in Britain] for their own purposes».

Shortly afterwards, they signed a deal with AstraZeneca, which agreed to waive technological fees to enable the development of the rice for «humanitarian» purposes.

A holistic education helps students find identity and purpose in life through connections to their communities, nature, and humanitarian values.

There's a purpose to all this fun: To prepare for a big humanitarian effort in my future.

Walk, we are building the largest pet and people cancer community in the world; from business people to artists to scientists and humanitarians, a partnership forged with the singular purpose of ridding the world of its deadliest disease.

Donors, national governments and the UN should ensure that the humanitarian system is fit for purpose and ready to cope with increased demand.

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It adopted a broad and teleological reading of the humanitarian clause, reading out the request requirement for the purposes of Article 15 (2).

Moreover, the Court considered that since the purpose of the humanitarian clause is:

She gave five reasons in particular why the scope of the exclusion clause should not be limited to the offenses outlined in Article 1 FDCT: firstly the wording refers to acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the UN and is not limited to terrorist offenses; secondly, such an interpretation would be at odds with the Geneva Convention in light of which the Qualification Directive should be interpreted; thirdly, the Qualification Directive as an instrument of asylum and humanitarian law and the FDCT are qualitatively different and derive from different areas of law; fourthly, it would unduly restrict the application of the exclusion clause and finally, fifthly, the fact that the FDCT is an instrument of variable geometry with varying application across the Union would lead to problems if it were used as criteria in defining terms for the purposes of the application of the Qualification Directive.

Instead, they rely primarily on humanitarian justifications, which have become America's all - purpose rationale for using force against anyone at any time.

The proper approach is more consistent with the goals of s. 25 (1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and focuses more on the equitable underlying purpose of the humanitarian and compassionate relief application process, seeing the words in the Guidelines as being helpful in assessing when relief should be granted in a given case, but without treating them as the only possible formulation of when there are humanitarian and compassionate grounds justifying the exercise of discretion.

Focus should be on the equitable underlying purpose of the humanitarian and compassionate relief application process, not seeing the guidelines as the only possible formulation for relief.

Well not completely, NATO / OECD «humanitarian interventions» have served and are serving the purpose of first putting the «developing» world in its place.

Mines Action Canada, as a co-founder of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, believes that the way forward must lead to a pre-emptive ban on autonomous weapons systems as a tool to prevent humanitarian harm without damaging research and development on autonomy and robotics for military or civilian purposes.