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    World Humanitarian Day recognizes aid workers who provide assistance in humanitarian contexts. Since 2001, the number of aid workers who have been killed, wounded, kidnapped or victims of attacks has dramatically increased, with national staff bearing most of the impacts. In 2011, a car bomb attack at a UN building in Nigeria killed and wounded over 80 national staff and others. Afghanistan, Sudan, Somalia and other conflict-ridden countries have seen the highest number of aid worker victims over the past decade.

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    World Humanitarian Day recognizes aid workers who provide assistance in humanitarian contexts. Since 2001, the number of aid workers who have been killed, wounded, kidnapped or victims of attacks has dramatically increased, with national staff bearing most of the impacts. In 2011, a car bomb attack at a UN building in Nigeria killed and wounded over 80 national staff and others. Afghanistan, Sudan, Somalia and other conflict-ridden countries have seen the highest number of aid worker victims over the past decade.

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    UNCLASSIFIED

    U.S. Department of State hiu_info@state.gov http://hiu.state.gov


    HUM A N I TA R I A N I N F OR M AT I O N U N I T

    World Humanitarian Day 2012:


    Aid Workers in Harms Way
    World Humanitarian Day (August 19) recognizes the dedication and sacri ces of aid workers national and international personnel providing assistance in humanitarian contexts.

    Since 2001, the number of aid worker victims who have been killed, wounded/injured, or kidnapped in security incidents has risen dramatically. The majority of these victims are national sta aid workers. Aid workers can be the targets of combatants or collateral casualties caught in the cross re of con icts, or they can be victims of criminal attacks, robberies, or kidnapping for ransom.

    E U R O P E
    AFGHANISTAN IRAQ PAKISTAN

    A S I A

    NORTH AMERICA
    HAITI Western Sahara LIBYA

    SYRIA

    A F R I C A
    NIGER CHAD CENTRAL AFRICAN REP. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO SUDAN YEMEN SRI LANKA SOMALIA KENYA NIGERIA CTE DIVOIRE SOUTH SUDAN UGANDA ETHIOPIA

    PHILIPPINES

    HONDURAS EL SALVADOR COLOMBIA


    In a single incident on August 26, 2011, a car bomb attack at the UN building in Abuja killed or wounded 46 national sta from UN agencies, as well as over 40 others.

    PACIFIC OCEAN

    PACIFIC OCEAN

    SOUTH AMERICA

    BURUNDI TANZANIA

    INDIAN OCEAN

    PAPUA NEW GUINEA

    Aid worker victims


    Countries with largest number of victims in the past decade, 2001-2011
    1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Afghanistan . . . . . Sudan . . . . . . . . . Somalia . . . . . . . . Pakistan . . . . . . . Iraq . . . . . . . . . . Democratic Republic of the Congo . . . . . 7. Sri Lanka . . . . . . . 8. South Sudan . . . . . 554 320 240 148 124 103 . 82 . 70

    Number of victims, 2011-2012*


    1 to 5 6 to 10 11 to 25 26 to 50 More than 50
    * Preliminary numbers as of August 5, 2012

    ATLANTIC OCEAN

    Aid worker victims, 2001-2011


    International worker Host country worker Number 125 a ected Kidnapped Injured Killed Year 50 29 01 350 278 250 143 90 85 46 02 63 03 63 04 75 05 173 125 123 165 154 129 151 239 208 295 245 308

    150

    107 Number of incidents* 06 07 08 09

    10

    11

    * Incidents are de ned as killings, kidnappings, and armed attacks that result in serious injury.
    Source: The Aid Worker Security Database (https://aidworkersecurity.org/)
    August 15, 2012 - U618 STATE (HIU)

    Names and boundary representation are not necessarily authoritative

    UNCLASSIFIED

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