Sentence examples for humanitarian calamity from inspiring English sources

But they also talk of the "humanitarian calamity in Iraq".

But, if a humanitarian calamity is going to be averted, "foreign forces" will be required.

In the case of Syria, Moscow cannot be convinced that U.S. motives are driven purely by the humanitarian calamity that Assad created.

The west's political stalemate with Iran over its nuclear energy programme and the crisis and humanitarian calamity in Syria are two contemporary challenges that require urgent resolution.

Announcing the figures, UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres, said Syria had become "a disgraceful humanitarian calamity with suffering and displacement unparalleled in recent history".

The French envoy, François Delattre, said the crushing of eastern Aleppo was not just a humanitarian calamity but also a strategic mistake.

Humanitarian calamities have come and gone in China, often exposing the inhumanity of the Communist system but never really threatening party rule.

It would not be a Gaullist action of old, for France has already won the approval of the UN Security Council, which worries equally about the humanitarian calamities in Darfur and eastern Chad.

We see also a proliferation of humanitarian calamities affecting children above all, the product of armed conflict, environmental degradation, forced migration and terrorism -- along with the effects of natural disasters like famine, floods, storms and earthquakes.

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Indications are that the Rohingya face a triple threat from starvation, violence and disease that will result in a devastating but preventable humanitarian crisis; a calamity of such proportions that it will make their previous travails look minor by comparison.