Current Affairs - Important Days - Discussion

August 19 is observed globally as World Humanitarian Day (WHD) to honour humanitarian workers and promote the protection of aid personnel under International Humanitarian Law (IHL). The day commemorates the August 19, 2003 suicide truck bombing at the Canal Hotel in Baghdad, Iraq, which targeted the United Nations headquarters and killed 22 humanitarian workers. The United Nations General Assembly designated the observance through Resolution A/RES/63/139, adopted on December 11, 2008. The first official World Humanitarian Day was observed on August 19, 2009. The 2026 campaign uses the official slogan #ActForHumanity.