New York, USA: The United Nations Volunteers programme (UNV) has been called to help coordinate a "high-tech corps" for developing countries to be integrated under a new initiative proposed by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Read

Bonn, Germany: The Bonn-based United Nations Volunteers programme (UNV) is expanding its work in Kosovo by recruiting and fielding an additional 400 volunteer specialists to register the population and carry out other reconstruction tasks of the UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). Read

BONN: Bonn is making strides in its bid to become Germany's centre for international cooperation. It assumes a special role among Germany's municipalities. There is no other German city in which so many people are working in the environment of development and international cooperation. Read

Bonn, Germany: More than 60 short-term EU electoral monitors will leave for Indonesia within the next few days to join 30 long-term EU Monitors recruited by the United Nations Volunteers programme. Read

Bonn, Germany: The United Nations Volunteers programme is to receive prominent support: German tennis star Michael Stich and his wife, actress Jessica Stockmann, are to become the first Honorary UN Volunteers to launch the International Year of Volunteers 2001. During a ceremony at UNV headquarters in Bonn on Monday, 25 January, the couple will sign contracts to take up their assignments. Read