World Humanitarian Day 2020

World Humanitarian Day is celebrated on 19 August every year dedicated to recognize humanitarian personnel and those who have lost their lives working for humanitarian causes.

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This day was designated in memory of the 19 August 2003 bomb attack on the Canal Hotel in Baghdad, Iraq, killing 22 people, including the chief humanitarian in Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello.

In 2009, the United Nations General Assembly formalized the day as World Humanitarian Day.

This year World Humanitarian Day is being celebrated with the theme “#RealLifeHeroes” paying special tribute to the real-life heroes who have committed their lives to helping others in the most extreme circumstances throughout the world.