41. The threatened withdrawal of the U.N. troops has raised other concerns about the future of humanitarian relief efforts, already threatened by Serbian attacks on food and medical convoys. 42. The vacations are part of a humanitarian relief effort of a non-profit group called Children of Chernobyl-Northwest. 43. They also mounted a humanitarian relief effort, distributing food, medicine and water to people on the ground. 44. This ruthless counterinsurgency tactic presents yet another agonizing dilemma for humanitarian relief groups and adds fresh urgency to a stalled but still indispensable peace process. 45. US officials are especially angry because they have told Honduras that Washington is preparing an extensive plan for long-term rebuilding projects, not just immediate humanitarian relief. 46. When the Pentagon officials wanted to explore joint exercises in humanitarian relief, they were rebuffed. 47. White House Press Secretary Mike McCurry said that the Clinton administration has long supported permitting Iraqi oil sales to pay for greater humanitarian relief. 48. With winter just a few weeks off, humanitarian relief workers are urging displaced people to return home, even if their houses were severely damaged. 49. Yet even as humanitarian relief operations are spreading across Afghanistan and reconstruction plans begin, the administration continues to make the war effort its top priority. 50. Yet the overriding consideration must be humanitarian relief for suffering Iraqi innocents. |