Question: World Humanitarian Day is celebrated on-
a) 20 August 2016
b) 18 August 2016
c) 16 August 2016
d) 19 August 2016
Ans: (d)
Related facts:
- World Humanitarian Day was celebrated across the world on 19 August 2016.
- The theme of the day was ‘One Humanity’.
- World Humanitarian Day (WHD) is held every year on 19 August to pay tribute to aid workers who risk their lives in humanitarian service, and to mobilize people to advocate for a more humane world.
- The day was designated by the General Assembly seven years ago to coincide with the anniversary of the 2003 bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq.
Reference:
http://www.un.org/en/events/humanitarianday/
https://worldhumanitarianday.org/
http://www.unocha.org/whd2016