While the UN sanctioned military intervention has been implemented on humanitarian grounds , UN agencies seeking to ease the humanitarian crisis repeatedly rejected offers of support from the military to carry out the agencies ' humanitarian operations . The conditions under which such support may be accepted are outlined in the Guidelines on the Use of Military and Civil Defence Assets to Support United Nations Humanitarian Activities in Complex Emergencies ( MCDA ) , whereby military support can be used but only temporarily and as a last resort . Yet , there remains the concern that aid agencies ' neutrality will be brought into question by accepting military support , putting aid staff at risk of being attacked and causing some parties to prevent the agencies accessing all the areas they need to . Furthermore , the military may not always have the technical skills required to assess the need for aid and to ensure its effective distribution . Despite this , offers continue for the creation of an aid corridor and aid agencies have accepted military logistical support in the past , for instance in the 2010 Pakistan floods response
2010 Pakistan floods
2010 Pakistan floods
Libyan Civil War (2011)