Bonn, Germany: Five months after UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced his vision for a high tech volunteer corps in the UN's Millennium Report, the initiative has hit the ground running. Twenty-three professionals have now taken up assignments as UNITeS Volunteers in developing countries. Read

Bonn, Germany: A Chinese proverb says: "Teach thy neighbour everything you know yourself". This is what Gérard Guillerm, a French information technology (IT) specialist and UN Volunteer in Kyrgyzstan practices every day. Read

Bonn, Germany: UNV has been asked by the UN Secretary-General to take the lead in bringing together a coalition of partners to launch the United Nations Information Technology Service (UNITeS). UNV Executive Coordinator Sharon Capeling-Alakija elaborated on UNITeS and new technologies in an interview with Richard Nyberg. Read

Bonn, Germany: The United Nations Volunteers programme (UNV) has launched the United Nations Information Technology Service (UNITeS) web site at www.unites.org in order to mobilize volunteers around the world to help bridge the technological divide between developed and developing countries. Read

Bonn, Germany: Would-be volunteers from around the world have submitted more than 1,300 applications to offer their services free of charge in the first three months of the Netaid.org's Online Volunteering facility, designed by the United Nations Volunteers programme (UNV). Most of these applications have resulted in active volunteer assignments. Read

Bonn, Germany: An international exploratory workshop met for three days this week in Bonn to discuss UN Secretary General Kofi Annan's recent UNITeS initiative. Read

Bonn, Germany: The United Nations Volunteers programme (UNV) has been called to help coordinate a “high-tech corps” for developing countries to be integrated under a new initiative proposed by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Read

Bonn, Germany: Wherever you find the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - with more than 130 country offices across the developing world - you find the UN Volunteers (UNV) programme working alongside, helping combat poverty, disease and disaster and provide new opportunities and hope. Read

Bonn, Germany: Finnish President Tarja Halonen was one of thousands of visitors to a four-day "People and Development" conference and fair arranged by Finland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Helsinki. While at the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) exhibition, President Halonen told UNV staff members of her interest in development and of her knowledge of the situation in Guatemala, where UNV has a long-standing programme in support of human rights. Read

New York, USA: The United Nations Volunteers programme (UNV) has been called to help coordinate a "high-tech corps" for developing countries to be integrated under a new initiative proposed by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Read