Aug. 11, 2025

(Excerpt) Salesians mark two international UN days this month

The development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, which includes Salesian sisters, are marking two international dates established by the United Nations — International Youth Day on Aug. 12 and World Humanitarian Day on Aug. 19.

Salesian Missions said the U.N. days are a way, respectively, to raise awareness about issues affecting young people and global humanitarian efforts that support people in crisis.

The U.N.’s International Youth Day is commemorated as a way to “bring youth issues to the attention of the international community and [celebrate] the potential of youth as partners in today’s global society,” the global body says.

Meanwhile, the U.N.’s Humanitarian Day was established in 2008 to coincide with the fifth anniversary of the 2003 bombing of the global body’s headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq. That bombing killed 22 humanitarian aid workers.

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