Whatever policies are adopted from this point on, a humanitarian catastrophe has already taken place, with worse to come.

Thus far, the tsunami was certainly more of a humanitarian catastrophe than the nuclear issue.

"If serious attention is not paid by the international community, it could turn into a humanitarian catastrophe."

Our values are involved in preventing what I believe would be a humanitarian catastrophe.

If the alternative is to risk a winter of humanitarian catastrophe within Afghanistan, we really have no choice.

The situation must dramatically improve if we are to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe.

If the government continues to cut electricity this will lead to a humanitarian catastrophe.

We are no longer facing a crisis but what I think is already a humanitarian catastrophe.

It says, of the estimated $1bn needed to stave off a major humanitarian catastrophe, only about $200m in new money has so far been provided.

Intervention had become possible, and the fear of humanitarian catastrophe made it unavoidable.