Bonn, Germany: Senior Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Jose Ramos Horta, Nobel Peace Prize laureate of 1996 acknowledges volunteer contributions during visit in Bonn. Read

Dili, Timor-Leste: A special mission of officials from the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) Headquarters in Bonn, Germany, ended a four-day mission on 23 November. Read

Kabul, Afghanistan: Afghanistan's new currency, introduced today, is signed by Anwar-ul-Haq Ahady, a professional banker and professor who returned to his native country this year and is now serving as a UN Volunteer under the Transfer of Knowledge Through Expatriate Nationals (TOKTEN) scheme. Read

Bonn, Germany: The United Nations Volunteer (UNV) programme recently assisted in carrying out Timor-Leste's (formerly East Timor) first National Immunization Day (NID) campaign against polio. Read

Bonn, Germany: East Timor has been the largest operation ever in the 31-year history of the United Nations Volunteers programme (UNV). UN Volunteers were among the first international UN personnel to return to East Timor in October 1999, after weeks of violent fighting between opponents and supporters of independence. Read

Dili, East Timor: Some 200,000 East Timorese from all parts of the country were gathered at Taci Tolo site in the outskirts of Dili to witness independence celebrations, led by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and President Xanana Gusmao. Read

Dili, East Timor: During the past three years of transition towards independence for East Timor, the United Nations Volunteers programme (UNV) has built up its largest single presence ever. Some 3,000 UN Volunteers from more than 100 countries have supported the East Timor Public Administration, including electoral processes, and carried out a range of activities nationwide as part of the UN Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET). No other UN operation has made such extensive use of UN Volunteers and their expertise. Read

Windhoek, Namibia: The Government of Namibia this week launched a new programme calling on the services of more than 1,000 national and international UN Volunteers to work with and train Namibians to become teachers, doctors and health workers, public administrators, business managers, agriculturists and other professionals in a bid to fight poverty and HIV/AIDS as well as to promote development. Read

Islamabad, Pakistan/Bonn, Germany: United Nations Volunteers of Afghan origin have started arriving to support recovery efforts for and with the people of Afghanistan. Read

Twenty-one UN Volunteers are currently serving in Somalia, bringing a wide range of skills in air traffic control, civil engineering, human rights, livestock and agriculture, gender, ports management, rescue operations, fire fighting and food supply. Read