June 4, 2009: International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression

June 4, 2009: International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
Posted in Festivals in June, Global Festivals on 04. Jun, 2009
Everyone always cherishes the smiles and giggles of children, and no one wants to see children in anguish and weeping. However, in today’s global situation where we see war, misery, refuge, poverty and hunger, children are among the most affected beings distressed by all sorts of aggression around them. Whether it is the war victims of Palestine, Iraq and Afghanistan or the ongoing sufferers in Somalia or Ethiopia, these events have snatched the chortles of children.
In order to support such innocent children who are victims of aggression the UN decided to memorialize June 4th every year as the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression in 1983. This act was undertaken on the back of the agony and sufferings faced by Palestinian and Lebanese children victims of Israel’s belligerence. Looking at the uprooted people across the globe, more than 80 million people are refugees and are displaced within their own country and more than half of them are children. Currently children in Pakistan too are a victim of such displacement, which has mushroomed due to the military operation in Swat and Malakand. It is our duty to support them en masse.