By focusing on volunteerism - and its role in making sports accessible to all- this congress sends two crucial messages:
First, wide access to sports is crucial to the vitality and productivity of every society. And second, without volunteer effort, wide access is not possible Read

Bonn, Germany: Greater use of UN Volunteers and increased promotion of voluntary action are vital to ensure caring strategies that help meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by assisting the poor and those living with HIV/AIDS, said Mark Malloch Brown, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Read

Bonn, Germany: NetAid and the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme today announced the names of the "Online Volunteers of the Year" for 2003. These 10 volunteers were singled out as having performed outstanding work for international development organizations around the world through NetAid Online Volunteering (OV), a free service jointly managed by NetAid and UNV. Read

Bonn, Germany: NetAid Online Volunteering (www.netaid.org/ov), a free online volunteering recruitment and management service powered by the United Nations Volunteers programme (UNV), has turned three years old. It continues to bring together people and organizations from all over the world to engage in activities to improve life for people in developing countries. Read

Bonn, Germany/Rome, Italy: The United Nations Information Technology Service (UNITeS), a volunteer initiative to help bridge the digital divide, today received a Global Junior Challenge 2002 award for its University Volunteer Network. Read

Bonn, Germany: A sculpture donated by the Royal Canadian Mint and a web portal providing resources for volunteer networking worldwide were unveiled today at a ceremony marking the annual United Nations International Volunteers Day (IVD) at United Nations Volunteers (UNV) headquarters. Read

Bonn, Germany: Senior Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Jose Ramos Horta, Nobel Peace Prize laureate of 1996 acknowledges volunteer contributions during visit in Bonn. Read

Bonn, Germany: A two-day consultation of experts on volunteerism representing governments, international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the United Nations system wrapped up Friday with a call for a centralized information "clearinghouse" on voluntary action in the wake of the UN International Year of Volunteers 2001 (IYV). Read

Bonn, Germany: Marking this year's United Nations Day, the UN Volunteers programme (UNV) and musicians from 18 countries today launched a double album with 27 songs in nine languages in celebration of the UN designated International Year of Volunteers (IYV) 2001. Read

Bonn, Germany: Sharon Capeling-Alakija, Executive Coordinator of the United Nations Volunteers programme (UNV) today signed the Golden Book of the City of Bonn to mark UN Day. Read