World Humanitarian Day- August 19th

August 19, 2023

World Humanitarian Day is observed annually on August 19^th.
WHD is a campaign by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
The theme for World Humanitarian Day 2023 is ‘No matter what’.
Brief History
- 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.
- In 2008, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution designating 19 August as World Humanitarian Day (WHD).