Ramallah, Occupied Palestinian territory: On 18 December 2008 UNV and the Palestinian Economic Council for Development and Reconstruction (PECDAR) signed a ‘Letter of Intent’ for the recruitment of Palestinians for international UNV volunteer assignments. Read

Yerevan, Armenia: The new UNV office in Armenia made use of International Volunteer Day (IVD) on 5 December to draw more attention to volunteerism and volunteers' contributions in a country where it has rarely been recognized before. Read

Montevideo, Uruguay: The new UNV office in Uruguay made use of International Volunteer Day (IVD) to draw attention to the work that many civil society organizations carry out to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) at a local level, through volunteer and community service projects. Read

Bouake, Côte d’Ivoire: International Volunteer Day (IVD) is celebrated on 5 December and offers communities an opportunity to make visible the contributions made by volunteers. This year, one UNV volunteer found a truly unique way to celebrate the spirit of volunteerism.  Read

Greenville, Liberia: From helping to protect a juvenile prisoner to organizing events for Human Rights Day, the work of a UNV volunteer Human Rights Officer is never short of interest, as Jon Izaguirre Garcia explains from Liberia. Read

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

Ougadougu, Burkina Faso: International day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women 2008. A UNV volunteer with UNIFEM in Burkina Faso is working with regional governments to beat the practice of FGM across national borders. Read