POLITICS
UN CHIEF DELIVERS WORLD HUMANITARIAN DAY MESSAGE
Baku, August 18 (AZERTAC). UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon delivered a message to world community on August 19 - World Humanitarian Day.
The message reads: “On World Humanitarian Day, we renew our commitment to life-saving relief efforts — and remember those who died while serving this noble cause.
People who have lived through terrible events are often left with nothing.
No family; no food; no shelter; no job. Not even a passport or ID paper. Nothing.
Humanitarian workers help them get back on their feet to restart their lives.
Aid workers are the envoys we send to show our solidarity with suffering.
They represent what is best in human nature. But their work is dangerous.
Often, they venture to some of the most perilous places on earth.
And often, they pay a heavy price. Harassment and intimidation. Kidnapping and even murder.
January`s earthquake in Haiti was a humanitarian catastrophe for the country.
It also had a devastating impact on aid workers.
The United Nations lost some of its most dedicated staff on that day.
On World Humanitarian Day, let us remember those in need…
Those who have fallen while trying to help them…
And those who continue to give aid, undeterred by the dangers they face — for the sake of building a safer, better world.”
According to of the UN Department of Public Information Azerbaijan office, August 19 marks the day on which the then Special Representative of the Secretary-General to Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello and 21 of his colleagues tragically made the ultimate sacrifice in the cause of duty following the bombing of the UN Headquarters in Baghdad.”