Bonn, Germany: United Nations Volunteer (UNV) doctor David Musa of Kenya and 15 other UNVs coming from Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Egypt, Iran, Mongolia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan and Venezuela made the most of International Volunteer Day (IVD) on 5 December, 2004, in Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago. Read

Ha Noi, Viet Nam: In an innovative programme to assist people living with HIV/AIDS, the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme is coordinating English classes in Vietnam’s capital city to encourage greater involvement in HIV/AIDS programmes and learning initiatives. Read

Bonn, Germany: On the premise that the needs of people living with AIDS are best understood by those affected, UN Volunteers have been providing support to the Greater Involvement of People Living with HIV/AIDS (GIPA), an ongoing initiative of UNDP and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). Working within local communities in twelve countries in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean, the volunteers – many of whom are HIV positive – support health and homebased care, challenge stigma and discrimination, strengthen the capacity of self-help networks, and promote prevention programmes. Read

Rome, Italy/Bonn, Germany: In November 2003, Ms. Fanny Yago-Wienne of France flew to Burkina Faso to become the first UN Volunteer under UNV programme and World Food Programme initiative.  Read

Bonn, Germany: In the global fight against HIV/AIDS, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Jean-Marie Guéhenno, along with Peter Piot, Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) addressing the UN Security Council, said, that volunteers are essential in the fight against the pandemic. Read

Bonn, Germany: In a sixth straight year of growth, a record 5,234 mid-career professionals served with the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme in 2002 to promote peace, relief and development initiatives through volunteer action, according to Weaving the Web, UNV's Annual Report for 2002 released today. Read

Bonn, Germany: Tserayi Machinda is at the centre of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa. In his native Zimbabwe, he combats the disease throughout Manicaland -- a province of 1.5 million people bordering Mozambique. With more than 100,000 orphans and 15,000 known cases of full-blown AIDS in the province, he says he has his hands full. Read

Paris, France: United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called on the United Nations Volunteers programme (UNV) to remain on "standby" to help replenish the corps of experienced civil servants in African countries hard hit by AIDS. Read

The United Nations Volunteers programme (UNV) has been in Zambia since the 1970s and works with a number of partners including the Zambian Government, other UN agencies, development banks and non-governmental organizations. Since 1991, UNV has made significant contributions to Zambia's health sector reform programme through two UNV-executed projects: HIV/AIDS prevention and care and paramedical training. Read

The first UN Volunteer in PRC was attached to an International Labour Organization (ILO) project in rural development. In 1989, within the Villages Centres Programme of participatory development, many UN Volunteers promoted income-generating activities at the grassroots level. With the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and UNHCR, one UN Volunteer in human rights (HURIST) supports UNDP's efforts in mainstreaming human rights in the development process. Read