Mr. Jackson said he was simply making a "humanitarian appeal" for the unconditional release of the hostages.

To these facts has to be added the special susceptibility of British public opinion to liberal and humanitarian appeals.

He made humanitarian appeals, and the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation worked towards a better disaster notification systems.

He said on Thursday he was simply making a "humanitarian appeal."

On 8 January I called for a high-level meeting of donor countries to respond to the United Nations latest humanitarian appeal.

Besides the humanitarian appeal of these particular subsidies, they have a political message, too.

Your Excellency, we have received a humanitarian appeal from the native Siberian people, who are seeking to throw off the Russian yoke.

A humanitarian appeal would do no good these people had no compunction about firing on a ship in distress.

The world around us teaches us not to expect too much from humanitarian appeals, especially during periods of recession.

We get one-third of what we ask for in our humanitarian appeals to poor African countries, and the number is going down.