Tbilisi, Georgia: The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme has joined several other international organizations including, the United Nations Department of Political Affairs, and the European Union and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), to facilitate a free and fair presidential election in Georgia this weekend. Read

Tbilisi, Georgia: In Julia Kharashvili's résumé, one is likely to find the word "refugee" as work experience. Her refugee status itself was not so impressive; but what Julia accomplished as a refugee, then later as a UN Volunteer, was recently recognized by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The UN agency referred to her as a "model for all actors working in all regions of the world," when acknowledging her work with displaced women and children. Read