someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms
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an advocate of the principles of humanism; someone concerned with the interests and welfare of humans
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of or relating to or characteristic of humanitarianism
<adj.pert> humanitarian aid
marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare
<adj.all> a humane physician released the prisoner for humanitarian reasons respect and humanistic regard for all members of our species
Humanitarian \Hu*man`i*ta"ri*an\, a. 1. (Theol. & Ch. Hist.) Pertaining to humanitarians, or to humanitarianism; as, a humanitarian view of Christ's nature.
2. (Philos.) Content with right affections and actions toward man; ethical, as distinguished from religious; believing in the perfectibility of man's nature without supernatural aid.
3. Benevolent; philanthropic. [Recent]
Humanitarian \Hu*man`i*ta"ri*an\, n. [From {Humanity}.] 1. (Theol. & Ch. Hist.) One who denies the divinity of Christ, and believes him to have been merely human.
2. (Philos.) One who limits the sphere of duties to human relations and affections, to the exclusion or disparagement of the religious or spiritual.
3. One who is actively concerned in promoting the welfare of humans and human societies; a philanthropist.
A French humanitarian group said Wednesday it was withdrawing part of its claim about the use of toxic gas during street protests in Soviet Georgia last month in which 19 people were killed.
"Moon's release was purely out of humanitarian considerations and has nothing to do with the north's demand," said the official.
The White House on Thursday expressed support for the combined humanitarian and military aid, which would last through next March.
Sept. 25 - The council voted 14-1 to explicitly expand its economic embargo to include all air cargo traffic in or out of Iraq and Kuwait, except for cargoes of humanitarian aid specifically authorized by its Sanctions Committee.
Japan is giving humanitarian aid to refugees, he said.
"I am always trying to promote compassion and good heart," he says, the glow returning to his face. "Not as a religious ideal, but rather as a humanitarian idea.
THE European Commission is trying to push member states into active support for US air-drops of humanitarian aid to besieged Moslem enclaves in eastern Bosnia-Hercegovina.
The UN Security Council yesterday approved despatch of 500 more peacekeepers for humanitarian aid work in Sarajevo, AP reports from New York.
They support the humanitarian assistance given to the victims affected by chemical weapons.
The United States pledged then to look into Vietnam's own humanitarian problems.
Prime Minister Constantine Mitsotakis had said Friday that he decided for humanitarian reasons to pardon nearly all the jailed former members of the junta, some of whom are serving life sentences.
In Washington, State Department spokesman Charles Redman welcomed the return of the body and said the action was part of Libya's humanitarian obligations.
The Democratic plan would permit $27.1 million in immediate non-lethal "humanitarian" logistical aid to the Contras.
The West must realize that Soviet non-adherence to human-rights contracts is not merely a humanitarian problem.
The EC calculates that so far the world has pledged or extended about $80 billion in financial, humanitarian and technical aid.
Meanwhile, the Reagan administration will continue a $36 million humanitarian aid program and try diplomacy to nudge the Caribbean nation's new military government toward democracy.
The speed with which the visits were arranged was several months faster than those accorded foreign prisoners in the past and appear to be part of the Afghan government's move to present a more humanitarian face to the world.
"We're backed by a presidential decree and humanitarian reasons.
The 1985 trade embargo against Nicaragua remains in place and the administration favors continued U.S. humanitarian assistance to the rebels until after the Feb. 25 elections.
August 9. 664: Iraq ordered to allow foreign nationals to leave Iraq and Kuwait. August 18. 666: Shipment of food to Iraq and Kuwait agreed in case of humanitarian need.
He came here on a humanitarian mission, he was entrusted into our care, and he became our friend. We have never given up trying to secure his release," Shehayeb was quoted as saying.
The United Nations announced that Mrs. Reagan will address the Third Committee, which covers social and humanitarian issues, and meet Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar.
The Contras currently are drawing from a $27 million humanitarian aid package approved by the U.S. Congress.
And the humanitarian aid effort is merely a prelude to a bigger and more complicated problem the U.S. and its allies will face as the CIS states try to enter the international financial community.
Their lives are too precious to me." But even his friends believe his motives went beyond humanitarian.
Rudi Boone, a State Department spokesman in Washington, said he believed U.S. aid to Burma totaled $12.3 million, but he did not know how much of the aid is humanitarian.
The European Community promised $1.2 million in emergency relief, and the United States offered humanitarian assistance.
"Bernie is proving that you can run a business, sell products, have mark-ups and profits and still do it in a humanitarian way." It was Mr. Hoeberichts who helped cement the relationship with Ben & Jerry's.
The idea is a humanitarian twist on an old hard-times technique.
It is time governments made plain that the UN can be strong, effective and impartial in its delivery of humanitarian relief. The plight of civilians in Tuzla is severe.