Phmon Penh, Cambodia: Cambodia’s Ministry of Interior with technical support from a team of UN Volunteers have launched the initial phase of the first nation-wide mobile civil registration campaign. Read

UNV plays an increasingly pivotal role in mobilizing volunteers and promoting volunteerism. The 5,090 UN Volunteers who served in 2001 throughout the developing world and in countries in economic transition represent development cooperation at its finest. Read

Bonn, Germany: After Cambodia's wars in the 1970s, many traditional villages and cultural heritage sites were destroyed. As people struggled to survive, there was little opportunity for basic education let alone a chance to learn traditional music, dance, customs and value systems. Read

BONN: Six years ago, my son Rajesh Ragavan, a cartographer, came to Cambodia to take up an assignment as a UNV specialist. His work involved intensive touring to many places in the country. One such tour took him to Siem Reap and the world heritage monument, Angkor Wat. Aware of my interest in art and archaeology, he wrote to me that this archaeological site was worth a visit. Read

Bonn, Germany: Two years ago, the National Centre for Disabled Persons was founded in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The Centre was very much needed in Cambodia. The devastating civil war and the hazardous pervasiveness of landmines have taken a heavy toll. One in every 250 Cambodians has lost a limb to a mine, and while casualties have fallen from around 500 to 150 a month, over five million mines are believed to remain undetonated. Read

Bonn, Germany: When elections take place in Cambodia, United Nations Volunteers are not far. In 1993, after a civil war that had ravaged the country for more than two decades, almost 500 UNVs were part of the electoral component of UNTAC, the UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia, to prepare for elections. Read

Bonn, Germany: One of the privileges of working as a UNV in a country like Cambodia is that you can really share an exposure to human experiences. Working as a Documentary Specialist with Cambodia’s National Television, I feel compelled to share with you in turn some of the things I am working on at the moment. Read