Bonn, Germany: The United Nations Volunteers programme (UNV) has recruited and deployed more than 60 volunteer specialists to take up a range of assignments providing services to the recently established United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL). Read

BONN: If International Volunteer Day 1999 is to be taken as a dress rehearsal it augurs well for IYV 2001. Twelve months before the start of the International Year of Volunteers, people around the globe were already gearing up. Read

Bonn, Germany: UNV fielded long-term observers in early March to work with state institutions and the media ahead of Suriname's general elections on 25 May, 2000. Read

UN Volunteers funded in the year 2000. Read

Bonn, Germany: Ghanaian Jasper Ayelazuno was one of 200 UN Volunteers assigned as civil administration support officers to the UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). Last September,  Jasper was being greeted upon arrival in Pristina by shocking evidence of the war — destroyed villages — as the plane made its final approach before landing. On his way to town, vehicles on the road without registration plates sent him another message: there is precious little law and order. Read

Bonn, Germany: UNV specialists in Niger support government efforts to improve health conditions and the overall well-being of communities. Read

San Salvador, El Salvador: Each week, more than 600 people stream into the Stephen Hawking Museum in El Salvador's capital, San Salvador, to see a UN Volunteer in action. Spanish physics professor José Maria Martín captivates visitors by explaining how physics -- abstract as it may sound -- fits into everyday life. Read

Dili, East Timor: Six months after the outbreak of post-referendum violence in East Timor, tensions have eased and East Timor is slowly finding its way back to normalcy.  International staff members arrive in Dili on a daily basis, there will be 1,200 international staff in East Timor, including 500 United Nations Volunteers. Read

Maputo, Mozambique: To help alleviate suffering of the people of Mozambique in the wake heavy rains and flooding which started in early February, United Nations Volunteers in the southern African country responded quickly to reallocate manpower and supplies for the victims. Read

Bonn, Germany: The United Nations Volunteers programme (UNV) is teaming up with NetAid -- a joint Internet initiative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Cisco Systems -- to fight poverty through voluntary service. As of 27 February 2000, the NetAid web site (www.netaid.org) features online volunteering as an innovative component of its products, developed and managed by UNV. Read