World Humanitarian Day celebrated by ISGF Arab Region
Through video call ZOOM the ISGF Arab Region celebrated the World Humanitarian Day on 19 August 2020. World Humanitarian Day is an international day dedicated to recognizing humanitarian personnel and those who have lost their lives working for humanitarian causes.
The theme was “Supporting effected souls of the pandemic” and the event took place in cooperation with the United Nations Organization, the Arab Childhood Development Council and the Federation of Muslim Scouts in Lebanon. The ceremony was opened by Mr. Fathy Farghali, chairman of the ISGF Arab Region and was accompanied of a presentation of the voluntarily humanitarian work carried by the Arab Union of Pioneer Scouts and Guides.
The Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. Antonio Guterres spoke about the role of the United Nations in Humanitarian work. More speakers followed and spoke about the subject.
The Secretary General of the committee of community service and development, professor Misfer Al-Ghobashi, closed the Zoom video call conferencing.
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It is about paying tribute to the contribution of aid workers around the world. Humanitarian aid is a way of helping vulnerable populations in the world (poor, disaster victims (disasters, war), pandemics, refugees etc ...Congratulations to the Arab Region for this commitment which could be an example for the other regions of the ISGF.