Published 17:25 IST, August 18th 2020
World Humanitarian Day 2020 theme, history, meaning and significance
World Humanitarian Day 2020: The international day is celebrated every year on August 19, 2020. Read on to know the theme, history, meaning and significance.
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World Humanitarian Day is celebrated every year on August 19 across world. international day sheds lights on humanitarian personnel and people who have lost ir lives in order to support various humanitarian causes. day is designated by United National General Assembly. Having said that, here is World Humanitarian Day 2020 me, history, meaning and significance.
World Humanitarian Day me 2020
Every year United National General Assembly celebrates international day with a new me. me changes every passing year. For year 2020, World Humanitarian Day sheds light around pandemic crises.
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According to United Nations organization, ''Aid workers are overcoming unprecedented access hurdles to assist people in humanitarian crises in 54 countries, as well as in a furr nine countries which have been catapulted into humanitarian need by COVID-19 pandemic". It throws light on those who are affected by pandemic crisis and pays tribute to workers who have relentlessly been working to fight virus.
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World Humanitarian Day: Meaning and history
day is outcome of works of foundation started by Sérgio Vieira de Mello along with his family working with international ambassadors like France, Switzerland, Japan, and Brazil in Geneva and New York to steer draft resolution via United Nations General Assembly.
UN established World Humanitarian Day to remind people of death of Sergio Vieira de Mello and his co-humanitarians in a bombardment of Baghdad headquarters of United Nations.
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According to United Nations, ''This day was designated in memory of 19 August 2003 bomb attack on Canal Hotel in Baghdad, Iraq, killing 22 people, including chief humanitarian in Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello. In 2009, United Nations General Assembly formalized day as World Humanitarian Day'.'
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World Humanitarian Day: Significance and celebration
Humanitarians make up for a massive number of crowd who put ir lives at risk in order to support various or humanitarian causes and save or people. y are widely ted to be ones who first respond to such world crises and be last ones to leave. y are kwn for strengning global humanitarian responses.
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People across world celebrate day by creating awareness about cause. People support various campaigns that help people affected by various humanitarian crises. Various private and or co-corporations sponsor various campaigns.
17:25 IST, August 18th 2020