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S: Haaretz – https://www.haaretz.com/2011-11-26/ty-article/france-bid-for-syria-humanitarian-corridor-unjustified-un-says/0000017f-e703-da9b-a1ff-ef6f150c0000 (last access: 22 February 2019); ICRC – https://www.icrc.org/en/document/how-humanitarian-corridors-work (last access: 2 May 2024).
N: 1. – humanitarian (adj): As a noun by 1794 in the theological sense “one who affirms the humanity of Christ but denies his pre-existence and divinity,” from human (adj.) + suffix from unitarian, etc. By 1834 as “one who professes the creed that a person’s highest duty is to advance the welfare of the human race,” but the closely allied sense “philanthropist, one who advocates or practices human action to solve social problems” (1842), originally was disparaging, with a suggestion of excess. Compare humanism.
As an adjective by 1834 in the theological sense “affirming the humanity or human nature of Christ;” by 1855 as “having regard for the broad interests of humanity.”
– corridor (n): 1590s, “continuous path around a fortification,” from French corridor (16c.), from Italian corridore “a gallery or long passage in a building or between two buildings,” etymologically “a runner,” from correre “to run,” from Latin currere “to run” (from PIE root *kers- “to run”).
Original military sense in English now is obsolete. Meaning “outside gallery around the court of a building” is from 1640s; sense of “long hallway with rooms opening off it” is by 1814. Meaning “strip of territory of one state through another to give access,” typically to the sea, is from 1919.
2. Type of temporary demilitarized zone intended to allow the safe transit of humanitarian aid in, and/or refugees out of a crisis region. Such a corridor can also be associated with a no-fly zone or no-drive zone. In practice, “humanitarian corridors” have also been suggested as a means of supplying weapons to a besieged force.
3. The Humanitarian Corridors (HC) initiative offers vulnerable refugees and asylum seekers (henceforth refugees) safe and legal access to protection on Italian territory. Launched in 2016, the project was a response to the growing number of individuals dying in the Mediterranean Sea while attempting to reach mainland Europe and the lack of existing legal migration routes. The HC programme operates with full cooperation from the Italian state, but is not state funded. The initiative is entirely financed by a private sponsorship scheme outlined in a Memorandum of Understanding signed by the Italian government and three religious organisations which proposed the original project and committed to fund it. In March 2017 the French government signed a similar HC agreement proving that this is a replicable model that can now be adapted to suit other countries in mainland Europe.
S: 1. OED – https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=humanitarian+corridor (last access: 2 May 2024). 2. Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanitarian_corridor (last access: 22 February 2019). 3. US – https://sussex.figshare.com/articles/report/Humanitarian_corridors_safe_and_legal_pathways_to_Europe/23452412 (last access: 22 February 2019).
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CR: buffer zone, humanitarian, humanitarian access, humanitarian aid.
