World Humanitarian Day

The theme for the 2014 World Humanitarian Day is 'The world needs more…'  This theme is one of a kind with a vision to turn the world into aid by encouraging more people around the world to work for humanitarian aid.
If one needs to know, International humanitarian law, is commonly known as the law of war or the law of armed conflict is a major part of public international law and comprises the rules in times of armed conflict, seek to protect people who are not or are no longer taking part in the conflict, and to restrict the methods and means of warfare employed.
In December 2008, the sixty-third session of the UN General Assembly decided to designate 19 August as World Humanitarian Day.  World Humanitarian Day honours and recognises those, who have lost their lives in humanitarian service and those, who continue to bring assistance and relief to millions. The Day also seeks opportunity to encourage people to work for humanitarian cause around the world. By observing humanitarian day, it draws attention to humanitarian needs worldwide and the importance of international cooperation in meeting these needs.
The humanitarian aid workers provide ease and comfort to the civilians of the conflicting areas in various ways.  They can be from any part of the world. Mostly these humanitarian workers work in their own locality. They reflect all cultures, ideologies and backgrounds and they are united by their commitment to humanitarianism. They strive to provide life-saving assistance and long term rehabilitation to disaster-affected communities, regardless of where they are in the world and without discrimination based on nationality, social group, religion, sex, race or any other factor.
Humanitarian aid workers should be respected, and be able to access those in need in order to provide vital assistance. According to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon “Humanitarian workers and their families are hit hardest by these crimes. But they are also felt by millions of others. [..] Let us honour the fallen by protecting those who carry on their work – and supporting humanitarian relief operations worldwide.”
Everyone can be a humanitarian. People affected by disasters are often the first to help their own communities following a disaster. Responding to emergencies is only one aspect of humanitarian work. Humanitarian workers also support communities to rebuild their lives after disasters, to become more resilient to future crises, to advocate for their voices to be heard, and to build lasting and sustainable peace in areas of conflict.
We should admire all the humanitarian workers in this World Humanitarian Day and be aware of the need of having this kind of workers more to end the distress of the people of war and conflicted areas.

Compiled by –Law Desk