Al-Jarwan on WHD: "Hands Gathered in Distress Make Peace"

On the nineteenth of August every year, the world celebrates World Humanitarian Day (WHD), which is a recognition of the efforts of humanitarian workers and those who sacrificed their lives in order to save others' lives.

This day was dedicated to the memory of those who paid with their lives for the survival of others on August 19th, 2003 attack on the United Nations headquarters in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, in which 22 people were killed, including the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello.

In 2009, the United Nations General Assembly formally adopted this day, as a recognition of the kindness of relief workers around the world.

H.E Ahmed bin Mohamed Al-Jarwan, President of the Global Council for Tolerance and Peace, sent a message to the peoples of the world on this occasion, saying:

"It is the hands gathered in adversity that makes peace, and adversity is what leads to closeness, harmony and a sense of the other, Just like last year after the Corona pandemic that swept the whole world, but today it has brought people closer together, so is this year, communities and those involved in humanitarian work competed to support those affected by natural disasters that affected many countries, like floods and fires, this is what was embodied in this year's United Nations slogan for World Humanitarian Day, 'The Race for Humanity'.

It is worth noting that this year's World Humanitarian Day highlights the direct consequences of the climate emergency on the world's most vulnerable people and ensures that they and their problems are known and their needs are put at the top of the United Nations Climate Change Conference agenda next November.

On its official website, the United Nations announced a global campaign with the slogan 'Race for Humanity', which is the same one for this year's celebration on World Humanitarian Day.

It urges the people of the world to do whatever physical activity they prefer, like running, swimming, horseback riding, walking, or something like that, and recording 100 minutes of that activity as a means of demanding climate action; every minute of that activity is important in conveying messages to the world leaders who will gather at the aforementioned United Nations conference.