There were no votes in the issue; but there was a humanitarianimperative to save lives and support a people yearning for liberty.
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The humanitarianimperative of exempting food and medical supplies may enable the regime's functionaries to hoard them and sell them on the black market.
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The humanitarianimperative, based on the principle of humanity, together with other core principles, impartiality, and independence, stress that humanitarian response must be based on need alone.