Kabul, Afghanistan: More than 130 United Nations Volunteers (UNV) working throughout Afghanistan are readying themselves for the second round of elections that will take place this Sunday. Read

Kabul, Afghanistan/Bonn, Germany: As Afghans head to the polls tomorrow in the country’s first direct presidential election, UN Volunteers are being recognized for their contributions to this historical vote. Read

Phmon Penh, Cambodia: Cambodia’s Ministry of Interior with technical support from a team of UN Volunteers have launched the initial phase of the first nation-wide mobile civil registration campaign. Read

Kabul, Afghanistan: Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai personally demonstrated the importance of the electoral process by registering himself as an eligible voter for the upcoming elections in his country. Read

Tbilisi, Georgia: The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme has joined several other international organizations including, the United Nations Department of Political Affairs, and the European Union and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), to facilitate a free and fair presidential election in Georgia this weekend. Read

Kabul, Afghanistan: For the first time in 30 years, Afghans are going to elect new leaders, and UN Volunteers are there to help. Read

Kinshasa, DR Congo: The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme is stepping up its involvement in the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) through the recruitment of an additional 129 UN Volunteers. Read

The United Nations Volunteers programme (UNV) in Kenya supports the Government's National Eradication Plan--a 16-year plan that takes into account the development priorities identified under the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) for Kenya. In addition, 10 UN Volunteers are supporting Kenya's national HIV/AIDS programme as HIV/AIDS specialists, public health officers and HIV/AIDS district coordinators. Read

Nairobi, Kenya: Not only did he cast his ballot, the 32-year-old was one of 177 national United Nations Volunteers (UNV) who were instrumental in educating the voters and facilitating the East African country's election process. The UN's involvement in Kenya's election process started in 1997, when the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) provided technical assistance to the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK). Read

Dare, East Timor: UN Volunteer district electoral officers (DEOs) and East Timorese colleagues opened 282 polling centres Sunday for East Timor's first-ever presidential elections. It was the third ballot in East Timor since 1999 that was organized with broad support from the Bonn-based UN Volunteers programme (UNV). Read