The President of Timor-Leste has congratulated the more than 250 United Nations Volunteers (UNVs) from 70 countries who supported the country’s elections this year. Read

The President of the Republic of Timor-Leste, Dr. José Ramos-Horta, has congratulated the more than 250 United Nations Volunteers (UNVs) ... Read

Dili, Timor-Leste: The UNV programme in Timor-Leste recently launched a National UNV volunteer scheme to promote citizens' participation in the governance process. Thirteen Timorese volunteers were initially recruited to work as civic education officers. Read

Euclides Monteiro describes the challenges he faced and the rewards he received while working on an assignment in Timor-Leste. Read

Dili, Timor-Leste: In the weeks since the first round of presidential voting in Timor-Leste, UNV volunteers have been focusing on using lessons learnt to improve the electoral process.  Read

Dili, Timor-Leste: As voters in Timor-Leste prepare for a second round of voting in the presidential elections, UNV volunteers are contemplating a new set of challenges but also a job well done.  Read

Dili, Timor-Leste: In the face of occasional violence, UNV volunteers are delivering much-needed development support to the people of Timor-Leste. UNV Support Officer Ms Remedios Vestil-Mondigo deals regularly with security threats like stone-throwing incidents on the road from the international airport, to which she travels twice or three times a day to greet incoming UNV volunteers. Read

Bonn, Germany: In 2006, over 7,500 UNV volunteers supported communities, non-governmental and civil society organizations as well as governments all over the world to foster sustainable development. In more than 140 countries, UNV volunteers, the majority of whom hail from developing countries themselves, worked in key areas such as poverty reduction, crisis recovery, elections support, governance and HIV/AIDS. Read

New York, USA: A group of 45 United Nations Volunteers (UNV) have arrived in Timor-Leste to join preparations for the strife-torn country’s first post-independence elections next year. Read

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