In her blog for Youth Service America, Sylvia Blitzer Golembek Ph.D. reports on attending UNV's IVY+10 events at UN Headquarters in New York where she met the UN Volunteers who spoke before the UN General Assembly.  She writes: "I left the UN feeling privileged...after days like this spent with people who have chosen to live as citizens of the world and to dedicate themselves to achieving a good life for all." Visit site

Brian Concannon, a former UN Volunteer who worked on human rights in Haiti, is the founder and director of the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti (IJDH). The IJDH and the Bureau des Avocats Internationaux have filed a lawsuit on the behalf of the victims and relatives of Haiti's ongoing cholera epidemic against the United Nations (UN) and its Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH)  for negligent behavior that led to the outbreak. Visit site

VSO blogger David Clamp offers his take on IYV+10 event and UNV's launch of the State of the World's Volunteerism Report at the UN General Assembly in New York on IVD 2011. Visit site

Devex reported on IVD 2011 and UNV on its "Development Newswire". The Washington-based company says it provides "the world’s largest community of aid and development professionals" with "international development business, careers, and news". Visit site

Website of UK gap year organization reports UNV's launch of the UN State of the World's Volunteerism Report and cites its findings that voluntary work makes a significant contribution to the well-being of individuals, communities and society. Visit site

Last October, at Universidad del Norte in Barranquilla in Colombia, 900 youth volunteer leaders from nearly 40 nations traveled the globe to join the second World Summit for Youth Volunteering, convened by Partners of the Americas and the International Association for Volunteer Effort (IAVE) on the 10th anniversary of the United Nations International Year of Volunteers. Visit site

Volunteer Partnerships for West Africa (VPWA), a Ghanaian-based, non-governmental organization, and its online volunteer, Yolanta Cwick from Canada, were among ten 2011 winners of the prestigious annual United Nations Online Volunteers Award. Visit site

Indian website, Newkeral.com, reports on the lead-up to IVD 2011, the resolution on volunteerism scheduled for the United Nations General Assembly, the global launch of the State of the World's Volunteerism Report and the tenth anniversary of the International Year of Volunteers.  Visit site

Ambassador Miguel Berger, the Deputy Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations, conveyed his Government's congratulations  to the UN General Assembly upon the tenth Anniversary of the International Year of Volunteers and to UNV Executive Coordinator Flavia Pansieri upon the launch of the first "State of the World's Volunteerism Report". Visit site

Thirty years since the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme undertook its first project in China, a celebration was held to reflect on the contributions that volunteering has made to peace and development over the past three decades. Today's event was organised by UNV China office and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) China and coincided with the 10th Anniversary of the International Year of Volunteers (IYV+10), an initiative that has unified people around the world to reinvigorate global volunteer service. Visit site