UN aid

Global humanitarian support

UN aid is assistance provided by the United Nations or its agencies—food, medicine, shelter, or funding delivered to countries facing crisis, poverty, or disaster.

The term often appears in news coverage of humanitarian emergencies: UN aid convoys were blocked at the border, The region depends heavily on UN aid.

Related

refugee camp · UNICEF · peacekeepers · crisis · war zone · famine · world hunger · shelter · donations · displaced · safe passage · camps · rations · tents · convoy · workers · sanctions · Geneva

Categories
Opposites
multilateral vs bilateral assistance

UN aidUSAID

Federal foreign assistance agency

Marshall Plan

assistance vs harm/exploitation

UN aideconomic sanctions

Punitive international trade restrictions

UN sanctions · military intervention · economic exploitation · predatory lending

giving vs withholding

UN aidUN sanctions

Multinational punitive measures

international sanctions · economic embargo · international isolation · military intervention · trade blockade

Family

UN, aid, aided, aiding, aids, aide, aides

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G