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오늘은 World Humanitarian Day 입니다. 전세계에서 일하고 있는 모든 humanitarian aid worker 들을 위한 날입니다.

In December 2008, the sixty-third session of the General Assembly decided to designate 19 August, the date of the
Canal Hotel bombing in Baghdad in 2003, as World Humanitarian Day.  This second year, the day will raise awareness of what it means to be a humanitarian aid worker by describing the work humanitarians do, explaining the principles all humanitarians are guided by and portraying the hazards humanitarian aid workers face in the course of their work. The Day will also honour humanitarian aid workers who have been killed or injured in the course of their work.

Information packages about the day have been prepared and include a one-page leaflet, posters, key messages,
questions and answers about the day, and summaries of information on the safety and security of humanitarian
aid workers and on global humanitarian assistance trends in 2010.  These information products have been disseminated widely through the World Humanitarian Day website and other media.  A video message from United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will be released for global broadcast on 19 August along with a collaborative four-minute film featuring humanitarian aid workers from around the world.

At the United Nations Headquarters in New York, a photo exhibit capturing the images from the Haiti earthquake
on 12 January 2010 will be the background for the second  World Humanitarian Day commemoration, which will
be led by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs
and Emergency Relief Coordinator, John Holmes. This ceremony will take place immediately following the wreath-laying ceremony organized by the Standing Committee on the Security and Independence of International Civil Service.

WHEN:  Thursday, 19 August 2010 at 10:20 a.m.
WHERE: General Assembly Building Public Lobby
WHAT: World Humanitarian Day 2010 Commemoration

http://ochaonline.un.org/whd/