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World humanitarian Day – August 19
August 22 , 2022
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- It recognises all aid and health workers who volunteer to help victims of disasters and crises against all odds.
- The day aims to spread awareness about the need for humanitarian assistance worldwide.
- On 19 August 2003, a bomb attack on the Canal Hotel in Baghdad, Iraq, killed 22 humanitarian aid workers, including the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq.
- Five years later, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution designating 19 August as World Humanitarian Day.
- The theme for this year’s day takes its basis in the saying “It takes a village to raise a child”.
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