Commemoration of World Humanitarian Day

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.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Side Events
• Video Length: 01:52:12
• Production Date: 19 August 2016
• Asset Language: Original
• Personal Subject: BAN KI-MOON
• Subject Topical: COMMEMORATION; HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; SECRETARY-GENERAL
• MAMS Id: 1694674
• Parent Id: 1692672

Description

In New York, a special event was held at the General Assembly on 19 August, which included musical performances and speeches by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Natalie Dormer, Leslie Odom Jr., Alisan Porter, Mohammed Assaf, Yasmine Al Masri and the Harlem Gospel Choir. Hala Kalim and her four children, who were featured in the documentary ‘Children of Syria’, also attended and told their story of the impossible choices they faced living in and fleeing Syria through four short films.