More than 60 humanitarian workers have died in conflict zones since early 2023, the UN, which is preparing to mark the 20th anniversary of the attack on its headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq, announced Thursday.
Every year, the United Nations celebrates World Humanitarian Day on August 19, the date of the suicide bombing in Baghdad that killed 22 people, including Brazilian Sérgio Vieira de Mello, UN Special Representative to Iraq.
In addition to the 62 aid workers killed, 84 have been injured and 34 kidnapped since early 2023.
In 2022, 116 humanitarian workers were killed.
South Sudan, Sudan, the Central African Republic, Mali, Somalia, Ukraine and Yemen are some of the countries that have lost the most people working for humanitarian aid organizations this year, most of them local workers.
Source: DN
