00:00Too often, hundreds of humanitarian aid workers around the world are killed while on duty.
00:06Last year, the number was 385. This year, it has already reached almost 300.
00:13I know that many of their bereaved families are here today, representing too many others.
00:19Every single one of those deaths is a tragedy, a cruel affront to the international humanitarian principles which must remain sacrosanct.
00:30One thing that unite all of us is support and protection for those that seek to help others in the most dire of situations.
00:40The brave humanitarians that seek to feed and heal innocent people deserve our respect and deserve their safety.
00:50Humanitarian aid workers bring solace in the darkest of times.
00:54We must do more to recognise their service and more to protect them.
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