Asmara, Eritrea: From monitoring and investigating refugee camps, intervening with cattle rustlers to organizing training sessions -- these are but a few of the tasks of a UN Volunteer working the Human Rights Office in Ethiopia and Eritrea. Read

The trust and confidence that volunteers inspire in others, including through their association with the United Nations, is an important source of strength to the work of the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme in the area of governance and human rights. Read

Kampala, Uganda: The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme is a credible partner in the promotion and protection of human rights in Uganda, according to the latest annual report of the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC). Read

Bogotá, Colombia: “When I first came here I fell in love with the place. I thought it would be tough though. I searched in Google for Apartadó, and it did not exist”. Read

Astana, Kazakhstan: Artashes Melikyan, an Armenian, has been based in Kazakhstan for the past three years as a UN Volunteer and human rights specialist. He is part of a global network of 17 UN Volunteers under the Human Rights Strengthening Programme (HURIST), a joint initiative of UNDP and Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to mainstream human rights into the development programming of UN agencies and civil society organizations. Read

Brasilia, Brazil: Norway, the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today signed an agreement in Brasília to strengthen and improve the networks among rural black communities in the South American country. Read

Asmara, Eritrea: The Bonn-based United Nations Volunteers Unit continues to be of great support to UNMEE by providing volunteer specialists or UNVs, as they are better known, who are deployed in various components of the Mission in very demanding and responsible positions. Read

Bonn, Germany: Working with local volunteers in the Andean and Amazon regions, Jose Carlo Burga, a Peruvian UNVolunteer, has sparked renewed interest in local culture and human rights. Young indigenous volunteers, who rarely communicate in their mother tongues in this Spanishspeaking society, found themselves working closely with village elders, rediscovering the value of their language and gaining an understanding of their rights. With UNDP's assistance, they translated the Universal Declaration of Human Rights into eight indigenous languages. 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

Bonn, Germany: For older people the ageing process is generally accompanied by a transition in social and economic roles. In some societies, people move from full-time, formal work to retirement, in others into part-time work of an informal nature. This transition is often treated, erroneously, as a move from a productive role to a non-productive or dependent one. Read