Cameron also called for a "political and diplomatic breakthrough on the problem of humanitarian access", calling for agreement on the need for "unfettered humanitarian access inside Syria".
The Pentagon chafed at the briefing because it reflected a new reality: narcotics were becoming less a problem of humanitarian assistance and more a problem of insurgency and war.
This has recently (from around 2015) led to a reconfiguration of the key problem of humanitarian innovation as an inability to scale.
In west Africa, we must act now to avoid the problems of past humanitarian relief efforts.
If one looks, for instance, at the situation in the countries around Syria, it is clear that the problem is not only a problem of giving humanitarian aid to refugees: it's a problem of supporting the resilience of local communities and supporting the efforts by the governments to address the structural impacts of the Syria crisis, in their economies and their societies.
After all, they were facing a virtually unprecedented series of humanitarian problems from the tsunami alone.
Part of the problem is the definition of humanitarian aid.
After the Soviet Union's implosion, the large numbers of Cuban boat people heading for Florida, seeking economic safe haven, posed a different type of humanitarian problem.
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 25 May 2005 -- Three United Nations leaders called for the world to focus on the chronic problems and humanitarian needs of millions of people in southern Africa, especially children.
UNICEF Executive Director and UN leaders call for action in southern Africa JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 25 May 2005 -- Three United Nations leaders called for the world to focus on the chronic problems and humanitarian needs of millions of people in southern Africa, especially children.
