...‘Act for Humanity’

Today, Malawi joins the rest of the world in commemorating the World Humanitarian Day (WHD) 2024.

The United Nations General Assembly designated the 19th of August as a day of remembrance and honour for 22 aid workers (including the special representative of the secretary general to Iraq Sergio Vieira de Mello) who were assassinated in the bombing of the UN Headquarters in Iraq on 19th August, 2003.

This year's commemorations are being held under the theme ‘Act for Humanity’ and dwell on the escalation of attacks on civilians and humanitarian workers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo where six humanitarian aid workers were killed and 11 kidnapped between January and June this year, with more than 200 incidents directly targeting humanitarians in the field.

In Malawi, the Department of Disaster Management Affairs leads the commemoration of the day with a call for every individual to take an active role in ensuring impartiality, respect, dignity, care and honesty in the implementation of various humanitarian programmes.

Together, Let Us Act for Humanity!