Word: humanitarian
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...part because of such encounters, some members of the delegation remained unalterably opposed to military aid for either Cambodia or South Viet Nam. In Phnom-Penh, New York Democratic Representative Bella Abzug, long a vocal opponent of U.S. involvement in Indochina, remarked: "I'm concerned about the humanitarian situation, the kids' bellies. The military situation was lost long ago." Minnesota Democrat Donald Fraser was more explicit: "In my judgment, the only thing we can do is help arrange for the orderly transfer of power to the [Khmer] insurgents...
UNITED JEWISH APPEAL (UJA). Founded in 1939, it is probably the most successful nongovernmental money-raising organization in the world. Thousands of volunteers annually help it solicit donations for humanitarian aid to Israel from other Jewish groups, local federations and individuals. Partly in response to the Yom Kippur War, the UJA raised $828 million in cash and pledges in 1973 and $897 million last year...
...totally proper that we employ our economic clout rather than the lives of our young men for humanitarian purposes and the freedom of others whenever and wherever we can. To acquiesce in the Soviets' position that this is unjustified as an unwarranted interference in their domestic affairs would be like justifying the continuance of business with Hitler while being aware of his murder camps for fear of being criticized for interfering with Germany's domestic affairs. This is plain baloney...
...Third World is to get some of the protein it needs there will necessarily be less meat for Americans. How will this happen? Meat consumption will decrease when prices go high enough to override current tastes. Jean Mayer's proposal is nothing more than nudging along, with a humanitarian as well as nutritional rationale, the change in tastes that must eventually come...
...excusable. Some U.N. officials fear that the fanatic anti-Israel campaign could spread from UNESCO to other U.N. bodies, such as the Geneva-based World Health Organization and the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome. It is the Third World that most needs the U.N. and its humanitarian agencies. To the extent that bloc politics hamper the working of these bod ies, it is the Third World that will pay the price of ideology...