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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10672

23 August 2012
Contents Publication in full By article 19 / 19
EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) humanitarian aid
Georgieva says Humanitarian work increasingly dangerous

Brussels, 22/08/2012 (Agence Europe) - Humanitarian work is high risk with the number of attacks against humanitarian posts tripling over the last decade. Afghanistan holds the sad record for these attacks (36 people killed, more than 50 kidnapped since 2011), followed by Darfur in Sudan, and Syria has for the last year become a dangerous country for humanitarian workers. Kristalina Georgieva, European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response...