19 August 2009 - the first annual "World Humanitarian Day" in honor of all humanitarian workers who have lost their lives or been injured in the course of their work. Among these dedicated professionals is one of the great humanitarians, Sergio Vieira de Mello, who died on this day in 2003 alongside 21 other colleagues in the Canal Hotel bombing in Baghdad. His memory serves as an inspiration to all who carry out humanitarian work today, even as assistance efforts in many places continue to be limited by increasingly frequent violent and targeted attacks on humanitarian staff.
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