Pristina, Serbia: UN Volunteers participation in UNMIK dates back to the beginning of the mission in June 1999 when some 200 UN Volunteers supported the mission in humanitarian work, organizing food deliveries, providing medical care and setting up temporary shelter for thousands of refugees returning to Kosovo. Read

Denika Blacklock of Saskatchewan, Canada, is a UNV local governance and minority rights specialist with the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Pristina, Kosovo, where she develops projects to promote democratic practices and the participation of minorities in government. Read

Bonn, Germany: Annual Report messages from the Administrator of UNDP , Mark Malloch Brown, and the Executive Coordinator of UNV, Sharon Capeling-Alakija. Read

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

When I was selected to be a UN Volunteer to serve in Kosovo, I had a great deal of curiosity, fear, and uncertainty. I had never heard of UNV and couldn’t imagine what it exactly meant. Read

Bonn, Germany: United Nations Volunteers attached to the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) have launched their first web site, as part of UNMIK's overall web presence. Read

Pristina, Kosovo: More than half of the 400 registration supervisors fielded by the United Nations Volunteers programme (UNV) in Kosovo to carry out voter registration ending last week will remain in the province to help prepare municipal elections in October and register Kosovar children. Read

Bonn, Germany: The year 2000 saw thousands of East Timorese crossing borders to get home after post-referendum violence forced them to flee as refugees. UN Volunteers also came back as soon as possible to help sow seeds for a new nation. From fisheries to forestry, from trade to treasuries, they are playing an integral role with the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET). Read

Bonn, Germany:  The Executive Coordinator of the United Nations Volunteers programme (UNV), Sharon Capeling-Alakija, leaves Bonn Thursday to begin a six-day tour of Kosovo and Macedonia where a large group of UN Volunteers is currently taking part in final preparations for electoral registration of the Kosovar population. 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