Statement by the High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini and Commissioner Christos Stylianides on World Humanitarian Day 2016

On the 19 August 2016, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the European Commission, Federica Mogherini, and the Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management, Christos Stylianides, released a statement on the occasion of the World Humanitarian Day. The World Humanitarian Day marks the anniversary of the 2003 bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq, when 22 humanitarian workers lost their lives.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Statement on World Humanitarian Day 2015 by European Commissioner Christos Stylianides http://www.europeansources.info/record/statement-statement-on-world-humanitarian-day-2015-by-european-commissioner-christos-stylianides/

European Commission: DG Communication: RAPID: MEMO/16/2802, 19.08.16: World Humanitarian Day: EU humanitarian action http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-16-2802_en.htm

UN: World Humanitarian Day http://www.un.org/en/events/humanitarianday/

UN: News, 19.08.16: 'We cannot and will not leave anyone behind,' says UN chief on World Humanitarian Day http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=54711#.V7m1NfkrKUk

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