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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 ...
World Humanitarian Day is “a global celebration of people helping people,” according to the originators of the holiday, the United Nations.This special and much-needed day is formally ...
Because of this, August 19, 2003 will be remembered as the day 22 UN workers lost their lives. To honor all those United Nations and aid workers around the World Humanitarian Day remembers and ...
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition; ... World Hepatitis Day; World Hijab Day; World Humanitarian Day; World Keratoconus Day;
International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Rwanda Genocide; International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism; International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade; International Day of Rural Women; International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members
The 280 aid workers from 33 countries killed in 2023 was more than double the previous year’s figure of 118, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs known as OCHA said in a ...
International humanitarian law (IHL), also referred to as the laws of armed conflict, is the law that regulates the conduct of war (jus in bello). [1] [2] It is a branch of international law that seeks to limit the effects of armed conflict by protecting persons who are not participating in hostilities and by restricting and regulating the means and methods of warfare available to combatants.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday that he is acting administrator the US Agency for International Development, confirming the de-facto takeover of the humanitarian agency by the ...