World Humanitarian Day pays tribute to humanitarian workers killed while assisting thousands of the world’s most destitute people caught in some of the most dangerous crises on earth. This year, a special ceremony marking the 15th anniversary of the August 19, 2003 bombing of the U.N. headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq was held at U.N. headquarters in Geneva. While this was the first mass terror attack on the world body, it was not the last.
“These are the faces of the United Nations. They came from many backgrounds but shared a vision. They embody our ideals and they sought to realize our ideals throughout their lives, which were so violently and prematurely interrupted.”
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