Sentence examples for handling relief from inspiring English sources

LIMITED ROLE FOR THE U.N. -- President Bush said the United Nations would be limited to an advisory role in postwar Iraq, handling relief aid but not overseeing the administration of the country or establishing a new government.

Two days before nearly 50,000 runners are scheduled to gather in Staten Island for the start of the New York City Marathon, opposition to the race continued to swell Friday and the Police Department, stretched thin from handling relief efforts, has called for department retirees to help with storm work and the marathon on Sunday.

The military junta still insists that it can handle relief operations on its own, and it is rebuffing any offers to transport aid directly to the affected areas.

Of the $2 billion in donations the organization said it needs to handle relief efforts from the Gulf Coast hurricanes, it has received $1.3 billion and spent all of it.

Thein Sein concurrently served as head of the government's emergency-response agency and was reportedly deeply shocked by how poorly officials handled relief efforts during the Cyclone Nargis disaster in 2008, which killed some 138,000 people in Myanmar.

But U.S. shipping executives and unions say the move won't speed the delivery of relief to the island after the devastation of Hurricane Maria because there were already more than enough U.S. flag vessels to handle relief supplies.

As Bechtel's deployment of its engineering experts suggests, one important priority already identified by the aid agency is to dredge and improve the port at Umm Qasr, which will handle relief and reconstruction materials.

Jay and Sunita Misir walked in with their two children and were promptly seated at a metal folding table with Jenny Stewart, who works in a division of the Small Business Administration that handles relief.

The junta still insists that it can handle relief operations on its own, and is rebuffing calls to open its borders to aid and offers to transport aid directly to the affected areas.

Raed Saleh, head of Syrian civil defence – known as the White Helmets – said his organisation had 300 volunteers in areas besieged by government forces who were ready to handle relief supplies dropped from the air.

But the Burmese government claims that it can handle relief work by itself and that foreign nations should instead provide billions of dollars to help the junta rebuild the country later.