Phnom Penh, Cambodia: Before I visited Cambodia, the image I had of people there was not very clear. I just considered them as people living in a developing country. After spending a couple of days there, I began to understand what the Cambodians were like. Read

Phnom Penh: UNV and VolCam (Network of International and Local Volunteer Agencies and Volunteer Involving Organisations in Cambodia) launched new volunteer web site during International Volunteer Day celebrations in Phnom Penh on 5 and 7 December 2009. Read

Phnom Penh, Cambodia: My experience as UNV volunteer Intern in Cambodia is really an important step both in my professional career and in my personal life. Working as a UNV volunteer allows me to be closer to the ‘field’, compared to other UN positions which are sometimes distant from the reality of the communities. Read

Phnom Penh, Cambodia: "A project is first of all the people who work on it day after day." An Italian UNV volunteer Intern shares her experience with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Cambodia. 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

Tullahought, Ireland: A woman working as an UNV volunteer intern in Cambodia is showing how Irish people are making a real difference in some of the poorest communities in the World, according to Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin. Christina Duggan is one of 42 volunteers to have gained experience under the Irish UNV internship programme since 2006. Read

Siem Reap, Cambodia: Tonle Sap, South-East Asia's largest freshwater lake - is under pressure from its human population. UNV volunteers are working alongside local people to help reduce their impact on its complex ecosystem. Read

Bonn, Germany: Volunteerism is critical in responding to environmental and sustainable development challenges such as the preservation of biological diversity. Maintaining the diversity of nature is going to require the dedication of us all. "That means recognizing people who are already acting," said UNV Executive Coordinator Flavia Pansieri on the occasion of the International Day for Biological Diversity. Read

Takehito Nakata is to retire as an honorary ambassador of the UN Volunteers (UNV) program on April 8--the 15th anniversary of the day his son, Atsuhito, was shot dead at the age of 25 while working as a UN election monitor in Cambodia. Read

Phnom Penh, Cambodia: It is not everyday that UNV volunteers and fishermen rub shoulders with an international celebrity. But the visit last week of Ms. Misako Konno, Japanese actress and writer, brought some rare glamour and excitement to a UN Volunteers project on Tonlé Sap Lake. Read