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Wealthy nations should assist poorer countries with humanitarian relief during natural disasters. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

#nations #countries #relief #disasters
Affluent
countries
 need to contribute towards
help
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the help
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 of poor
nations
 which struggle with natural calamities. I overwhelmingly agree with
this
 idea
however
 rich
nations
 should have freedom to decide upon the extent of support they are willing to do.
To begin
 with, developed
nations
 are those who can sustain their demand with the production and supply of goods and services. They are assured of what they have and could easily support the other parts of the world with the funding or necessities they need to have supplied. So, it is a great way to provide humanitarian aid during
crisis
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. The poor
countries
 cannot sustain themselves because they are either burdened by debt or they have
meager
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meagre
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 resources. When they face any crisis they cannot support their populace leading them into crisis. To exemplify,
African
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the African
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 continent is supported by many organizations funded by wealthy
nations
 to raise
overall
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the overall
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 standard of their lives.
In contrast
, even wealthy
nations
 have limitations so poorer
nations
 cannot completely rely upon their assistance.
Nonetheless
, the
countries
 are rich but they
also
 have to fight a war
that is
 going
inside
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on inside
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 their land
such
 as poverty,
civil
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and civil
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 unrest. Sometimes, they have to help their residents first before helping any outsider.
For example
, these days,
due to
 inflation, a staggering increase in homelessness is noticed in many developed parts of the world. These
countries
 have to look after their residents before helping others. In conclusion, whether any country has to fund others or not should be based on its discretion.
However
, they could easily help with
donation
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 because of the abundant resources in their
countries
. Ergo, the decision
of
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on
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 humanitarian relief should be based on how the country is working internally.
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You provided relevant and specific examples that bolster your arguments, particularly the mention of African countries and the support they receive.

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  • Can’t speak smoothly without pauses.
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  • Feel nervous and anxious when speaking.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • Humanitarian relief
  • Infrastructure
  • Global solidarity
  • Disproportionately
  • External assistance
  • Rebuilding efforts
  • Disaster response
  • Investment in stability
  • Dependency theory
  • Responsible intervention
  • Paternalistic
  • Shared humanity
  • Sovereignty
  • Capabilities
  • Fatality rates
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