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

Darfur, Sudan: Following the UN Security Council’s decision last week to form the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS), some 160 United Nations Volunteers (UNVs) will be deployed over the coming months to Sudan to support the peace process in the region. Read

Bonn, Germany: Axel Melinon of France knows the media-labeled Darfur crisis all too well. As one of 23 UN Volunteers currently on the ground in Chad, he spends his days caring for some 15,000 Sudanese refugees that refer to Bahai, a small desert outpost situated along the north-eastern Chad-Sudan border, as their temporary home. Read

Bonn, Germany: Of the 5,000 UN Volunteers on the ground every year, nearly 1,000 work in crisis situations tending to the sick, feeding the hungry and protecting the vulnerable. Living and working in some of the world’s most difficult places, UN Volunteers help the UN and its agencies such as the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the World Food Programme (WFP) address the challenging situations facing those in dire need. Read

Khartoum, Sudan: A team of lawyers mobilized by the Bonn-based United Nations Volunteers programme (UNV) in a record three-week period has taken up assignments in five Sudanese cities to help determine the refugee status of some 300,000 Eritreans currently in the country. Read