Sentence examples for exercise the humanitarian from inspiring English sources

"We continue to express our hope that the Iranian authorities will exercise the humanitarian option of releasing these two young men," she said.

"The position adopted by the armed forces was to exercise restraint, abiding by the humanitarian truce approved by the coalition forces," the television quoted the official as saying.

Saddam was a tyrant and a mass-murderer, and Blairites still argue that the invasion was an exercise in humanitarian intervention – it was nothing of the sort.

Today the humanitarian assistance portion of the exercise, which typically involves engineering units building roads or digging wells, was canceled for security reasons.

Saudi forces were exercising "self-restraint due to their commitment to the humanitarian truce," a unidentified defense official told the kingdom's official news service.

On May 3rd, Sri Lanka's foreign minister, Lakshman Kadirgamar, said he was considering asking India to help in this Dunkirk-like exercise, for "humanitarian" reasons.It is a measure of the low morale of the Sri Lankan army that the large number of its men in the peninsula were being chased by not more than a few thousand guerrillas.

One of the most controversial issues within the humanitarian community is the use of evidence to inform humanitarian responses.

He called it "imperative" that the army "exercise the utmost restraint and discipline to avoid further harm to civilians or worsening the humanitarian situation".

"This is the humanitarian aid," he said.

But the humanitarian situation is dire.

For now, the humanitarian needs are paramount.