11.   Opponents of the sanctions counter that Iraq took care of its humanitarian needs before the sanctions.

12.   The Bush administration, however, did not want to linger beyond meeting immediate humanitarian needs and insisted on a quick turnover to a UN-sponsored multilateral mission.

13.   The few organizations that do function concentrate on the humanitarian needs of Serbs.

14.   The first response should be suspension of the new U.N. plan intended to allow limited Iraqi oil sales to pay for humanitarian needs.

15.   The U.S. also might be called upon to provide humanitarian need if there is a violent transition.

16.   The Washington-based InterAction sometimes helps member groups coordinate actions with the U.S. government and also lobbies for government attention to humanitarian needs.

17.   The world can also begin to focus on other urgent problems, most importantly basic health care, and the humanitarian needs of other desperate nations.

18.   Then, humanitarian needs coupled with practical political and economic interests brought about a system of international protection and assistance for those displaced outside their native countries.

19.   The United Nations Security Council is considering whether to let Iraq keep selling limited amounts of oil to buy food and medicine and tend to other humanitarian needs.

20.   The United Nations this year approved an effort led by the United States to allow Iraq to sell some oil to pay for humanitarian needs.