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UN marks first World Humanitarian Day

August 19, 2009

World Humanitarian Day recalls the dangers humanitarian aid workers face while carrying out their missions in conflict zones and falls on the anniversary of the deadly truck bombing of the UN mission in Baghdad in 2003.

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