Bonn, Germany: Development and the environment are intertwined, and volunteers are essential to both, says UNV Executive Coordinator, Flavia Pansieri. Read

Bonn, Germany: UNV is launching its redesigned Online Volunteering service website on International Volunteer Day, 5 December 2008. The newly multilingual site enables organizations to connect with volunteers in French and Spanish as well as English. Read

Bonn, Germany: The life and work of former UNV Executive Coordinator Sharon Capeling-Alakija was celebrated today in a memorial ceremony held in Bonn. Ms. Capeling-Alakija headed UNV from 1998 until her death exactly five years ago. Read

New York, USA: A UN General Assembly committee has adopted a new UN resolution that calls on governments to mobilize support for volunteerism research and asks the UN system to integrate volunteerism into its programmes. Read

Bonn, Germany: A former head of UNV was decorated by the German Government today in recognition of her efforts in bringing the UN to Bonn. UNV was the first UN agency to set up headquarters in Germany after the partial relocation of the Federal Government to Berlin. Read

New York, USA: On 6 October 2008, UNV Executive Coordinator Flavia Pansieri spoke to a UN General Assembly committee to introduce a report on progress since the International Year of Volunteers in 2001. Her speech outlines some of the recommendations made in the report, and looks forward to the tenth anniversary of the International Year of Volunteers. Read

Khartoum, Sudan: "Whoever drinks from the Nile will always return." Working with the Sudan Information Campaign for Returnees in Khartoum I saw that, one day, everyone must come back. Read

Maputo, Mozambique: UNV volunteers are helping ensure stable food supplies in Mozambique in the face of a global food crisis. Working with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), volunteers such as Annette Jaitner, a Food and Nutrition Security Officer, are teaching and facilitating at projects such as Farmer Field Schools (FFSs) and implementing other educational programmes. Read

Bonn, Germany: To mark the International Volunteer Day (IVD) on 5 December, the Bonn-based United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme is partnering with AIDS-Hilfe Bonn to organize activities on 1,5 and 8 December highlighting the work of volunteers and their contribution to combating HIV/AIDS. Read

Bonn, Germany: The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme  has received an "Extraordinary Contributions Recognition Award" from the Cisco Networking Academy in recognition of UNV’s contributions to information and communications technology (ICT) training opportunities. Read