More than 90 percent of the fatalities result from assaults on local humanitarian workers, according to an international NGO which tracks such incidents.
Besides the 62 deaths this year in the world's conflict zones, another 84 aid workers were wounded and 34 were kidnapped, according to data. Photo: SafeguardingHC
The UN observes World Humanitarian Day on August 19 each year as it remembers the suicide bombing, which claimed 22 lives, including that of Sergio Vieira de Mello, then the UN high commissioner for human rights and the head of the UN mission in that country. For several years running, South Sudan has been the world's most dangerous place for aid workers. As of August 10, there had been 40 attacks on humanitarian staffers there, with 22 lives lost, said the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
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