Humanitarianism

The step from nuclear fission to a nuclear chain reaction and the atomic bomb was, in principle, quite straightfoiward. In practice, however, it consumed more time and money than was ever foreseen. Although it was her basic insight that eventually led to the fission bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Meitner refused to work on the bomb and, for humanitarian reasons, hoped that it would not work. 

The proceeding chapters give wimess of an overwhelming scientific development. Antiviral intervention has become a standard, and the worldwide availability of this innovation is perceived as a humanitarian matter of course with a value of its own. However, such an important therapy progress has to be seen in competition with other allocations of scarce funds. Health care resources are Umited - in one country more than in another, but in principle funds invested to antiretroviral intervention will not be available for prevention of HIV/AIDS or for the cure of other diseases. This fundamental scarcity calls for a rational utilization of existing resources and a scientific calculation of the socio-economic impact of antiretroviral intervention. 

Cohen, I. Bernard. Ethan Allen Hitchcock, soldier, humanitarian, scholar, discoverer of the "true subject" of the Hermetic Art. Worcester (MA) American Antiquarian Society, 1952. 30-136 p. 

Haber agreed to find a chemical weapon. He had already volunteered his services to the military the Prussian ideal was duty and unconditional service to the state. Few statesmen anywhere argued that humanitarian concerns were more important than national interests most Europeans believed that military orders must be obeyed even if they violated moral principles. Haber thought of himself as a latter-day Archimedes, the ancient Greek scientist who served mankind in peace and his fatherland in war. In service to his country, Haber invented a potentially fatal, offensive weapon—poison gas. 

Weapons Convention is facilitated by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the assistance received through the contributions of member states and the utilisation of experts within and external to the OPCW. It also involves the coordination and delivery of specialised services from national agencies and other international organisations involved in providing emergency humanitarian assistance. The OPCW will continue its work on the cooperative efforts with many member states to maintain the effort to development, implement and train for an effective delivery of assistance in accordance with the provisions of the Chemical Weapons Convention. 

To coordinate the establishment and maintenance of permanent stockpiles of emergency and humanitarian assistance by States Parties, in accordance with subparagraphs 7(b) and 7(c) of Article X 6 To inspect the items for serviceability7 ... 

To make emergency, supplementary, and humanitarian assistance available to the requesting State Party, in accordance with the provisions of the Convention9 ... 

The modular approach is based upon the current capacity of the OPCW in terms of offers of assistance by States Parties (in the form of material and personnel), and the capacity of the Secretariat to store, maintain, transport, and distribute the items and resources most likely to be needed should a CW-related emergency arise. The components of this approach would involve a central stockpile of resources and equipment in the Organisation s headquarters, available for immediate dispatch to a requesting State Party, and in addition, stockpiles of resources which have been offered by States Parties and organised in the form of modules. The modules would be categorised into basic assistance modules (BAMs) for emergency assistance, and specialised assistance modules (SAMs) for supplementary and humanitarian assistance. The Secretariat would store BAMs and a very limited stockpile of humanitarian assistance, while both BAMs and SAMs would be stockpiled by the States Parties. The basic module could consist of pallet-packed items, ready to be airlifted within 12 hours after the request for assistance has been received. The BAMs in the headquarters stockpile will be identical to the BAMs stored by States Parties. This will facilitate identification, packing, dispatch, and the delivery of assistance. 

All of Belarus was contaminated. But the only people who are monitored for the effects of radiation, and who receive vitamins and medicines and humanitarian aid, are those who were directly involved in the cleanup or who lived in the area now known as the Dead Zone. All the others, no one cares what happens to them. They aren t even monitored. So kids are dying. They are taken to hospital when it s too late because no one monitors them. 

F. Premarket Notification, Investigational Device exemptions including Humanitarian Exemptions, Premarket Approval, Product Development Protocols, Classification, Device Tracking, Petitions for Reclassification, postmarket surveillance under Sections 510(k), 513, 515, 519, 520(g) and (m), and 522, and the advisory committees necessary to support these activities. 

Indigenous knowledge is a thus a powerful resource and therefore a key element in the fight against humanitarian aspects of emergencies worldwide. 

Keywords Indigenous knowledge, disaster risk reduction, vulnerability, humanitarian crises. 

If you are aware of a health problem in your plant, you have to fix it, or at least control it, as soon as possible, for several reasons. One reason is self evident it s the humanitarian thing to do. If conditions are known to be causing illness or death, then according to the mores of our society, these condi-... 

Investigational Device Exemption (IDE), Humanitarian Device Exemption (HDE), or Premarket Approval (PMA) numbers for device trials... 

The degree of risk to be taken should never exceed that determined by the humanitarian... 

A. Goth, I.G. McLean, J. Trevelyan, Mine Detection Dogs Training, Operations and Odour Detection, Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining Geneva, Switzerland,... 

Example A Contrary to popular belief, Adolf Hitler was a liberal and a humanitarian. He welcomed many different beliefs and the practice of different religions within Germany. In addition, the Third Reich championed the hmnan rights of all peoples and in particular, of minorities. (Smith 42)... 

REST was conceived for solving the most pressing question in Humanitarian Demining, or in any postconflict ordnance cleanup operation Where are there no explosives The most immediate need is always to identify those areas that are free of explosives, so that they can quickly be returned to normal activity, such as agriculture and transportation. Then the detailed search and removal efforts can be concentrated on the areas that actually contain explosives. REST has been used with success in several postconflict areas, especially in Africa. 

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