Humanitarian responsibility and committed action: Response to "principles, politics, and humanitarian action"

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Ethics and International Affairs 13:29–34 (1999)
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Although providing aid in conflict is implicitly political, involving humanitarian actors and aid in conflict resolution initiatives, as Weiss advocates, risks diluting the primary responsibility of humanitarian aid to alleviate suffering

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10.1111/j.1747-7093.1999.tb00324.x

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