Again, that was the genius of your generation: it was enough for a person to remain committed to a lifestyle based on humanitarian ideals, to claim real ownership over his or her values and a lifetime dedicated to peace, love and understanding-.
"History teaches us that we need an alliance, but that alliance should be based on humanitarian principles".
"It is a decision based on humanitarian considerations only," Xinhua, the state-run news agency, quoted the ministry spokesman, Liu Jianchao, as saying at a news conference in Beijing.
The statement added that there had been many rounds of consultations since the initial "intrusions" on May 23 and that "both sides said they felt pity" about the events; it suggested that the government's decision was based on "humanitarian considerations".
Salmond told Straw that he would make the decision based on humanitarian grounds, not foreign policy grounds; Dixon told us HMG has interpreted this to mean that Salmond is inclined to grant the request.
The general feeling is that based on humanitarian ground, help should be given.
Claims that dangerous "neo-Nazis, Russophobes and anti-Semites" are behind the new Kiev government, frequently repeated in the Russian media, justify the Kremlin's argument that any Russian intervention would be based on humanitarian considerations.
Based on humanitarian concerns alone shouldn't the policy be dropped immediately and reassessed?
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the detainees were taken at the request of Washington and based on humanitarian considerations.
It needs to be clear that the selection process and resettlement for refugees is based on humanitarian grounds and not on politics," she said.
