QRCS, partners celebrate World Humanitarian Day 2024

Doha: Together with all components of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, the United Nations, and international humanitarian organi...

Doha: Together with all components of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, the United Nations, and international humanitarian organizations, Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has marked World Humanitarian Day, which falls on August 19 every year.

Held under the theme #ActForHumanity, this year’s celebration coincides with the 75th anniversary of the four Geneva Conventions 1949 and the 160th anniversary of the First Geneva Convention 1864.

Humanitarian action in conflict zones faces many complex challenges, amid an alarming increase of attacks against humanitarian workers, jeopardizing their lives and disrupting relief aid delivery to victims.

Hospitals and medical centers in conflict zones are subject to systematic attacks that destroy health care infrastructure and make it impossible to provide health care for wounded and sick civilians.

QRCS reemphasizes the important role played by humanitarian workers, who lend a hand at times of distress and suffering to millions of crisis-affected people. They have to be protected while doing their vital job, in accordance with the letter and spirit of international humanitarian law (IHL), which prohibits any form of violation against civilians, relief personnel, and medical facilities in conflict areas.