The thoughts of all UN Volunteers and staff are with the people of Japan and everyone affected by the disaster. At this moment, the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme is not considering the mobilization of UN Volunteers because the organization’s mandate is limited to fielding volunteers in developing countries. The UN News Centre provides information about the United Nations’ support to Japan. Any changes in UNV’s response to the disaster will be posted on our website.

---

Demands for UNV assignments come from more than 140 countries and cover a wide range of professional skills and competencies.

The majority of UNV assignments are filled by candidates from our database who have expressed an interest in becoming UN Volunteers. 

Therefore, the best way to be considered for a UNV assignment is to register your profile in our database of potential candidates.  If you wish to do so, please go to register to be a UN Volunteer.

In some cases, we seek additional applications for a specific area of professional expertise or for projects which require larger numbers of UN Volunteers. Only the Terms of Reference for such assignments are posted here. This is not a complete list of all current UN Volunteer opportunities.