Phnom Penh, Cambodia: The UNV Executive Coordinator has laid flowers at a shrine in memory of Atsuhito Nakata, a UNV volunteer killed on active service in 1993. Read

Ougadougu, Burkina Faso: UNV Executive Coordinator Flavia Pansieri met UNV volunteers, both international and national, working in Burkina Faso, telling them: "It is important and a great source of inspiration to see what you are doing." Read

Bonn, Germany: Volunteers and volunteer-involving organizations around the world are gearing up to celebrate International Volunteer Day on 5 December, an opportunity to recognize the contribution of volunteerism to peace and development. Read

Bonn, Germany: UNV is launching its redesigned Online Volunteering service website on International Volunteer Day, 5 December 2008. The newly multilingual site enables organizations to connect with volunteers in French and Spanish as well as English. Read

Bonn, Germany: The life and work of former UNV Executive Coordinator Sharon Capeling-Alakija was celebrated today in a memorial ceremony held in Bonn. Ms. Capeling-Alakija headed UNV from 1998 until her death exactly five years ago. Read

New York, USA: On 6 October 2008, UNV Executive Coordinator Flavia Pansieri spoke to a UN General Assembly committee to introduce a report on progress since the International Year of Volunteers in 2001. Her speech outlines some of the recommendations made in the report, and looks forward to the tenth anniversary of the International Year of Volunteers. Read

Geneva, Switzerland: "The United Nations Volunteers programme is inspired by the conviction that volunteerism has the potential to transform the pace and nature of development… This enormous potential of volunteerism should be an inspiration to us all," said UNV Executive Coordinator Flavia Pansieri today at her first address to the UNDP Executive Board after taking office in February. Read

On 27 May 2008, Save the Children UK released its report entitled "No One to Turn To: The under-reporting of child sexual exploitation and abuse by aid workers and peacekeepers." Read

Tokyo, Japan: We are gathered here today to honour Mr Takehito Nakata who has been serving as the sole Honorary Ambassador for the United Nations Volunteers programme for 15 years. Read

In his message for International Volunteer Day 2007, UNV Executive Coordinator Ad de Raad recognized the power of volunteerism in building social capital and cohesion, and its contribution to development. He also took this opportunity to express his appreciation to the millions of volunteers, saying "Regardless at what level they (volunteers) act, internationally, nationally or locally, all belong to an extraordinary group of global citizens who make an essential difference in building a better world for all." Read