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DayDay Search form Search Search Home 2023 Campaign Past Campaigns 2023 2022 2021 2020 View all campaigns Day IDP FAMILY, DAR SAAD DISTRICT, ADEN. YEMEN. NOVEMBER 19, 2018. A family who fled Al Hudaydah in June when the fighting intensified in their neighbourhood. Photo by Giles Clarke for UNOCHADay 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. Five years later, the General Assembly adopted a resolution designating 19 August as World Humanitarian Day (WHD). Each year, WHD focuses on a theme, bringing together partners from across the humanitarian system to advocate for the survival, well-being and dignity of people affected by crises, and for the safety and security of aid workers. WHD is a campaign by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and humanitarian partners. Recent WHD Campaigns 2023: No Matter What We stand shoulder to shoulder with the communities we serve No Matter What. On 19 August 2003, we lost 22 colleagues in an attack on the United Nations in Baghdad, Iraq. The tragedy profoundly changed the way in which humanitarians operate – from being respected, to being targeted – and led to the creation of… Read more : 2023: No Matter What 2022: It Takes a Village Whenever and wherever people are in crisis, there are others who help them. From the affected people themselves – always first to respond when disaster strikes – to the global community that supports them as they recover, they come together to ease suffering and bring hope. Because, as the saying goes: It takes a village… Read more : 2022: It Takes a Village 2021: Join #TheHumanRace For this World Humanitarian Day, 19 August, we’re coming together for #TheHumanRace: a global challenge for climate action in solidarity with people who need it the most.Privacy Terms of Use Contact OCHA OCHA Services Related Platforms UN Crisis Relief OCHA Website Other OCHA Services Financial Tracking Service Humanitarian Data Exchange Humanitarian ID ReliefWeb Response Inter-Agency Standing Committee OCHA website ReliefWeb Virtual OSOCC More OCHA Services Opens in a new window Service provided by United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs OCHA coordinates the global emergency response to save lives and protect people in humanitarian crises. We advocate for effective and principled humanitarian action by all, for all. Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons BY 4.0 International license. Creative Commons...