On World Humanitarian Day, the United States honors the humanitarian aid workers who continue to sacrifice so much to protect and assist the world’s most vulnerable populations. We commend the bravery and compassion of those who put the welfare of others before their own, and we are grateful for humanitarians around the world who continue to work in complex environments, often at great personal risk. We recall the origin of this day twenty years ago – August 19, 2003 – when the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Iraq Sergio Vieira de Mello and his colleagues were killed in a […]
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