World Humanitarian Day
The World Humanitarian Day is an international day of action , is derjeniger thought of the humanitarian workers and who have lost their lives, while for humanitarian assistance inserting.
The day of action was organized by the United Nations General Assembly as part of one of Sweden introduced UN resolution declared for strengthening the coordination of emergency assistance of the United Nations. World Humanitarian Aid Day is celebrated on August 19 every year, as this is the day the then Special Envoy of the Secretary-General in Iraq, Sérgio Vieira de Mello , and 21 of his colleagues, on August 19, 2003, in an Islamist bomb attack on the Canal Hotel in Baghdad were killed.
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The designation of August 19 as World Humanitarian Day is the result of the efforts of the Sérgio Vieira de Mello Foundation and the Sérgio Vieira de Mellos family, in close collaboration with the ambassadors of France , Switzerland , Japan and Brazil .
Sérgio Vieira de Mello, a Brazilian devoted to serving the United Nations for over 30 years, has served in some of the world's most difficult humanitarian situations, reaching out to, alleviating their suffering and raising awareness of their plight to the voiceless victims of armed conflict make.
From his legacy, the Vieira de Mello family and a group of close friends created the Sergio Vieira de Mello Foundation in 2006 to pursue its mission of promoting dialogue between communities and alleviating the plight of victims of humanitarian crises.
The report Aperçu humanitaire mondial 2021 by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs estimates that well over 200 million people worldwide will be dependent on humanitarian aid and protection in 2021. The most difficult humanitarian situation affects the populations of Yemen , Ethiopia and Afghanistan .
In Germany
In 2019, the Federal Foreign Office under Minister Heiko Maas focused in particular on the work of women in humanitarian aid.
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Individual evidence
- ^ Liberation.fr: Dernier adieu à Sergio Vieira de Mello à Genève. Retrieved August 19, 2021 .
- ↑ Aperçu humanitaire mondial 2021 , unocha.org, accessed on August 19, 2021.
- ↑ Federal Foreign Office: World Humanitarian Aid Day - focus on female helpers. Retrieved May 29, 2020 .