For World Humanitarian Day, United Nations calls for Global Action To Protect Civilians in Conflict
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Who: Sune Gudnitz, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Head of Office Pacific.
Why: World Humanitarian Day is held every year on 19 August to pay tribute to aid workers who have risked and lost their lives in humanitarian service and to raise awareness of humanitarian needs worldwide.
What: World Humanitarian Day 2017 will bring the world together to reaffirm that civilians trapped in conflict are #NotATarget. The United Nations and partners will call on people across the globe to stand together and sign a petition at www.worldhumanitarianday.org demanding that global leaders do everything in their power to protect civilians trapped in conflict.
When: 10.00am, Friday 18 August at the UNFPA Conference, Level 6 Kadavu House, Victoria Parade, Suva.
For further information, please contact: Mr. Sevuloni R. Ratu | Regional Public Information Officer | UN OCHA Office for the Pacific Tel: +679 3316760 | Mob: +679 9990021 | Email: ratu@un.org Press releases are available at www.unocha.org/rop or www.reliefweb.int.
About World Humanitarian Day
World Humanitarian Day is a day dedicated to recognize humanitarian personnel and those who have lost their lives working for humanitarian causes. It was designated by the United Nations General Assembly as part of a Swedish-sponsored GA Resolution A/63/L.49 on the Strengthening of the Coordination of Emergency Assistance of the United Nations,[1] and set as 19 August. It marks the day on which the then Special Representative of the Secretary-General to Iraq, Sérgio Vieira de Mello and 21 of his colleagues were killed in the bombing of the UN Headquarters in Baghdad.
For more information about World Humanitarian Day, the #NotATarget campaign or to promote the online campaign on your social media platforms, please visit: http://www.un.org/en/events/humanitarianday/