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World Humanitarian Day – August 19
August 20 , 2019
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- World Humanitarian Day is observed every year on August 19.
- It is an international day dedicated to recognize humanitarian personnel and those who have lost their lives working for humanitarian causes.
- The day commemorates the August 19th, 2003 incident in which UN Diplomat Sérgio Vieira de Mello and 20 others were killed in the bombing of the UN Headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq.
- Five years later, the UN General Assembly officially adopted a resolution designating 19th August as the world humanitarian day.
- The theme of the day for 2019 is ‘Women Humanitarians’.
- It is as a mark of respect to women humanitarians who have been working on the front lines in war and other affected areas of the world.
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