Saturday 26 September 2009

Saturday 12 September 2009

Humanitarian aid training in the Arab world

There are some interesting opportunities coming up on this. If you're looking at organising humanitarian aid training in the Middle-East and would like support, do get in touch.

BTW: did you know that 19 August was the first World Humanitarian Day? The General Assembly of the UN adopted on 11th December 2008, the Swedish sponsored Omnibus Resolution on “Strengthening of the Coordination of Emergency Humanitarian Assistance of the United Nations”, that carried the historic decision by the world body, to designate the 19th August as World Humanitarian Day to honour all humanitarian and the UN and associated personnel who have lost their lives in the cause of duty and those who have worked in the promotion of the humanitarian cause. The Resolution invites all Member States, the UN system, within existing resources, as well as other international organisations and NGOs to observe the day annually in an appropriate manner. This is a major historic landmark for the Humanitarian Sphere and a great gain for all victims of armed conflict.