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  1. Commemoration of the World Humanitarian Day: Statement by the Deputy

    Commemoration of the World Humanitarian Day. Twenty-one years ago today, a bomb ripped through the United Nations headquarters in the Canal Hotel in Baghdad, Iraq. An unprecedented attack on the big blue flag that we believed would keep us safe and secure. On a personal level, for those of us who were there or who knew colleagues and loved ones ...

  2. World Humanitarian Day

    World Humanitarian Day 2024. 2023 was the deadliest year on record for humanitarian workers. 2024 could be even worse. These facts lay bare a glaring truth: the world is failing humanitarian ...

  3. World Humanitarian Day

    On World Humanitarian Day, we once again salute their courage, their determination, and their service to humanity. And we recognize that honouring aid workers is not enough. 2023 was the deadliest ...

  4. Guterres: World Humanitarian Day salutes 'the best of humanity'

    19 August 2022 Humanitarian Aid. The hundreds of thousands of aid workers globally who dedicate their lives to assist people in need represent "the best in humanity", UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in his video message to mark World Humanitarian Day on Friday. "Far from the spotlight and out of the headlines, humanitarians ...

  5. Statement by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on World Humanitarian Day

    Statement by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on World Humanitarian. Day. On this World Humanitarian Day, we pay tribute to the humanitarian workers and everyone on the ground - from all walks of ...

  6. About World Humanitarian Day

    About World Humanitarian Day. 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, Sergio Vieira de Mello. Five years later, the General Assembly adopted a resolution designating 19 August as World Humanitarian Day ...

  7. World Humanitarian Day Message from UN Chief

    Video message by António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, on World Humanitarian Day."Humanitarian workers are here to help the world's most...

  8. World Humanitarian Day, 19 August

    World Humanitarian Day, 19 August. Every year on 19 August, World Humanitarian Day brings citizens of the world together to rally support for people living in crises and to pay tribute to the aid workers who help them. Emergencies cause immense suffering for millions of people - usually the world's poorest, most marginalized and vulnerable ...

  9. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

    United Nations - Speech by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie at the World Humanitarian Day event in New York (19 August 2016).

  10. Humanitarians 'Work Around the Clock to Make Our World a Better Place

    Today, the number of people who need humanitarian assistance has never been higher, because of conflicts, climate change, COVID-19, poverty, hunger and unprecedented levels of displacement. On this year's World Humanitarian Day, we celebrate humanitarians everywhere.

  11. World Humanitarian Day

    World Humanitarian Day. 21 August 2017. Survivors, health workers, excellencies, ladies and gentlemen. I am really humbled to join you all in honouring the heroic people who have died for the humanitarian cause, and in thanking those who continue to devote their lives to helping the world's most vulnerable people - in so many different ...

  12. World Humanitarian Day

    World Humanitarian Day. Aug 19, 2020. On this World Humanitarian Day, I want to salute the real-life heroes - the courageous women and men who deliver life-saving support like shelter assistance ...

  13. World Humanitarian Day: What it means to be an aid worker today

    19 August 2024 Humanitarian Aid. As the aid worker community commemorated fallen colleagues at solemn ceremonies marking World Humanitarian Day on Monday, frontline staff putting their lives on the line today highlighted the risks of providing help to vulnerable communities. From ongoing emergencies in Gaza, Sudan and Ukraine, we've compiled ...

  14. WHO Director-General's remarks to headquarters staff on World

    WHO Director-General's remarks to headquarters staff on World Humanitarian Day - 19 August 2024. Dear Colleagues, World Humanitarian Day serves as a powerful reminder of our shared commitment to protect and serve those in need, often in some of the world's most perilous environments. Today, we come together to honour the health workers who ...

  15. Full Transcript

    September 05, 2016. Chimamanda Adichie was recently in New York City where she gave a speech in observance of World Humanitarian Day. Spoiler Alert: The speech is every bit as Adichie as it gets—pointed, meaningful, and elegantly delivered. In 8:30 minutes, she uses her parents experience as refugees during the Biafra war to make a case for ...

  16. The Secretary-general -- Message for World Humanitarian Day

    This year's World Humanitarian Day marks the 20th anniversary of the deadly attack on the Canal Hotel in Baghdad. On that dark day, we lost 22 colleagues, including Special Representative Sergio Vieira de Mello. That tragedy marked a change in the way humanitarians operate. Because today, although humanitarians are respected around the world, they may also be targeted by those

  17. World Humanitarian Day

    World Humanitarian Day is an international day dedicated to recognize humanitarian personnel and those who have died working for humanitarian causes.It was designated by the United Nations General Assembly as part of a Swedish-sponsored General Assembly Resolution on "Strengthening of the Coordination of Emergency Assistance of the United Nations," and designated 19 August as World ...

  18. What is World Humanitarian Day and why is it important?

    World Humanitarian Day takes place every 19 August to recognize the dedication, commitment and sacrifice of humanitarians around the world. As the United Nations explains: No matter the danger or the hardship, humanitarians venture deep into disaster-stricken regions and, on the front lines of conflict, strive to save and protect people in need.

  19. Address to mark World Humanitarian Day

    Address to mark World Humanitarian Day. 19 August 2016. Excellencies, ambassadors, representatives of the Ethiopian government, officials from the humanitarian and donor communities, ladies and gentlemen, I welcome this opportunity to honour the courage and dedication of humanitarian workers, drawn from countries the world over, who rush to ...

  20. World Humanitarian Day 2024: The time is now to #ActforHumanity ...

    Today, on World Humanitarian Day (19 August, 2024) we honor those around the world who #ActforHumanity every day by facing any number of dangers in order to bring life-saving first-aid, medical attention or other forms help to people impacted by the crisis. We also demand, via the IFRC's #ProtectHumanity campaign launched today, that all ...

  21. World Humanitarian Day

    This World Humanitarian Day, we recognize the tremendous service of all of our humanitarian heroes. August 19 marks World Humanitarian Day, a time to recognize aid workers who have sacrificed their own lives to help people affected by global crises. Since the deaths of 22 UN and relief agency staff in a Baghdad bombing 19 years ago, each year ...

  22. Speech: A gender-equal world is within our reach if we choose it

    Speech: A gender-equal world is within our reach if we choose it Remarks delivered by UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the side event, "Beijing+30: Achieving gender equality, the rights and empowerment of all women and girls", Summit of the Future, Action Day 2, 21 September 2024, UN headquarters.

  23. World Humanitarian Day 2020: A tribute to aid workers on the front lines

    World Humanitarian Day was commemorated for the first time on 19 August 2009. Amid a global pandemic, unprecedented needs and growing insecurity, aid workers and health-care responders are staying and delivering to the world's most vulnerable people.Last year was the most violent on record for humanitarians, with 483 attacked, 125 killed, 234 ...

  24. Harris raises $27 million in New York fundraiser, promises economic

    NEW YORK (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris raised $27 million at a packed New York City fundraiser on Sunday, her largest fundraising haul since she took over at the top of the ticket from President Joe Biden, according to a Harris campaign aide.. Though Harris has far more money than former President Donald Trump, the money will be needed to compete with pricey advertising by deep ...

  25. Statement by The Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine

    Russia's war against Ukraine, which started in 2014 and escalated to a full-scale invasion in February 2022, continues to inflict untold suffering on the lives of Ukrainians. Relentless, systematic attacks, destroyed hospitals and schools, hours of power cuts, thousands of dead and injured civilians - this is a stark reminder that on this International Day of Peace, there's no peace in ...