United Nations Volunteers: Painting by numbers 2003/04

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Painting by numbers 2003/04

27 June 2004

Total No. of assignments in 2003	5,832
Total No. of individual UNVs	5,635

International UNV assignments	3,573	61 %
National UNV assignments	2,259	39 %

Countries of assignments	144
Countries of origin	162
from developing countries		72 %
from industrialized countries		28 %
Male		63 %
Female		37 %

Assignments by region
Africa		41%
Arab States		7 %
Asia and the Pacific		25 %
Europe, CIS and Baltic countries		12 %
The Americas and the Caribbean		15%

UNV Activities
Achieving the MDGs and reducing human poverty		34 %
Fostering democratic governance		24 %
Crisis prevention and recovery		42 %

Number of UNV assignments with main partners
UNDP/GOVT	3,248
United Nations	1,340
UNHCR	630
WFP	214
UNOPS	118
UNFPA	70
UNICEF	69
Others	143