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World Humanitarian Day 19 August 2017
Humanitarians Under Attack
H U M A N I TA R I A N I N F O R M AT I O N U N I T
TURKEY
World Humanitarian Day, August 19, recognizes the dedication and sacrifices of humanitarian aid workers. Humanitarians include aid personnel working for local, international, or UN relief and development organizations providing humanitarian, development, or de-mining services. Others are local health workers, missionaries, and non-affiliated humanitarian volunteers.
SYRIA LEB. West Bank
GERMANY
UKRAINE
FRANCE
HAITI
LIBYA
AT L A N T I C OCEAN
SIERRA LEONE
GUINEA LIBERIA
ECUADOR
PACIFIC OCEAN
BURK.
SUDAN NIGERIA
GHANA
CAMER.
SOUTH C.A.R. SUDAN
ZIMB.
Injured or assaulted Kidnapped
800 600
Yemen
712
Countries with largest number of aid worker victims (AWSD)
38
Somalia
563 Jan.June 359
400
55 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 59 Syria
PHILIPPINES
ETH. INDIAN OCEAN
Number of security incidents involving aid workers Jan. 2015 – June 2017 MADAGASCAR 10 30 100
150
2016
2017
50
175 50
Jan.June
100 169
Afghanistan 2015
200
80
Killed Names and boundary representation are not necessarily authoritative
NOTE: All data are preliminary as of 30 June 2017 from SiND and AWSD
Attacks on health facilities 250
2015 2016 2017*
South Sudan
200
BURMA BANGL.
YEMEN
SOUTH AFRICA
Total number of aid worker victims worldwide
CHINA
AFG.
SOMALIA UG. KENYA DEM. REP. BURUNDI OF THE CONGO TANZANIA MALAWI ANGOLA MOZ. ZAMBIA
PERU
100
150
JORDAN
PAKISTAN
EGYPT
MALI
SENEGAL
COLOMBIA
AZERBAIJAN
INDIA
GUAT. HOND. NIC. EL SALVADOR
IRAQ
ARMENIA GREECE TURKEY Area enlarged
MEXICO
MONG.
Gaza Strip
*Jan.-June
2015
Sources: Aid Worker Security Database (AWSD); Insecurity Insight/Aid in Danger, Security in Numbers Database (SiND)
2016
Almost 90 percent of these incidents occurred in Syria. Other incidents occurred in Afghanistan, Central African Republic, Iraq, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Libya, and South Sudan.
2017 August 18, 2017 - U1646 STATE (HIU)
U.S. Department of State [email protected] https://hiu.state.gov
World Humanitarian Day 19 August 2017
Humanitarians Under Attack
H U M A N I TA R I A N I N F O R M AT I O N U N I T
TURKEY
World Humanitarian Day, August 19, recognizes the dedication and sacrifices of humanitarian aid workers. Humanitarians include aid personnel working for local, international, or UN relief and development organizations providing humanitarian, development, or de-mining services. Others are local health workers, missionaries, and non-affiliated humanitarian volunteers.
SYRIA LEB. West Bank
GERMANY
UKRAINE
FRANCE
HAITI
LIBYA
AT L A N T I C OCEAN
SIERRA LEONE
GUINEA LIBERIA
ECUADOR
PACIFIC OCEAN
BURK.
SUDAN NIGERIA
GHANA
CAMER.
SOUTH C.A.R. SUDAN
ZIMB.
Injured or assaulted Kidnapped
800 600
Yemen
712
Countries with largest number of aid worker victims (AWSD)
38
Somalia
563 Jan.June 359
400
55 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 59 Syria
PHILIPPINES
ETH. INDIAN OCEAN
Number of security incidents involving aid workers Jan. 2015 – June 2017 MADAGASCAR 10 30 100
150
2016
2017
50
175 50
Jan.June
100 169
Afghanistan 2015
200
80
Killed Names and boundary representation are not necessarily authoritative
NOTE: All data are preliminary as of 30 June 2017 from SiND and AWSD
Attacks on health facilities 250
2015 2016 2017*
South Sudan
200
BURMA BANGL.
YEMEN
SOUTH AFRICA
Total number of aid worker victims worldwide
CHINA
AFG.
SOMALIA UG. KENYA DEM. REP. BURUNDI OF THE CONGO TANZANIA MALAWI ANGOLA MOZ. ZAMBIA
PERU
100
150
JORDAN
PAKISTAN
EGYPT
MALI
SENEGAL
COLOMBIA
AZERBAIJAN
INDIA
GUAT. HOND. NIC. EL SALVADOR
IRAQ
ARMENIA GREECE TURKEY Area enlarged
MEXICO
MONG.
Gaza Strip
*Jan.-June
2015
Sources: Aid Worker Security Database (AWSD); Insecurity Insight/Aid in Danger, Security in Numbers Database (SiND)
2016
Almost 90 percent of these incidents occurred in Syria. Other incidents occurred in Afghanistan, Central African Republic, Iraq, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Libya, and South Sudan.
2017 August 18, 2017 - U1646 STATE (HIU)
