Bonn, Germany: As the United Nations commemorates the third International Day of UN Peacekeepers on 29 May, paying tribute to those who serve in peacekeeping operations, United Nations Volunteers (UNV) are also being honoured for their dedication and courage in helping improve the lives of millions of people in war-torn and post-conflict countries across the globe. Read

Bonn, Germany: I joined the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) as a UN Volunteer two years ago. One of my first and most memorable experiences was a helicopter flight over the beautiful terrain from Asmara, capital of Eritrea, to Adigrat, a small town in Ethiopia near the Eritrean border. Read

To support the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE), the United Nations Volunteers programme (UNV) deployed an initial five UN Volunteers in May 2001. UN Volunteers' current contribution to Eritrea Currently, 10 UN Volunteers are serving outside of UNMEE. Eritrea's contribution to UN Volunteers There are nine Eritreans serving abroad as UN Volunteers. Read

Khartoum, Sudan: A team of lawyers mobilized by the Bonn-based United Nations Volunteers programme (UNV) in a record three-week period has taken up assignments in five Sudanese cities to help determine the refugee status of some 300,000 Eritreans currently in the country. Read

Asmara, Eritrea: The Bonn-based United Nations Volunteers Unit continues to be of great support to UNMEE by providing volunteer specialists or UNVs, as they are better known, who are deployed in various components of the Mission in very demanding and responsible positions. Read

Asmara, Eritrea: After some 20 years of working as a gynaecologist and obstetrician in her home city of Almaty in Kazakhstan, Dr Gulzhan Chimbayeva wanted to gain some experience in a different environment and she thought the United Nations would be the perfect organization to work for. Read