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What does "humanitarian effect" mean?

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Rebecca

Humanitarian is related to the root word “human.” Thus, context points to a relation to that of people. “Humanitarian” is an adjective used here meaning that which is related to or concerned with the welfare of humans. Thus, we can understand “humanitarian effects” here to mean that the conflict has had an impact (in a negative way) on people living in the conflict region. Ex: The government has promised a billion dollars in humanitarian aid to help refugees. Ex: There are many humanitarian crises around the world currently.

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