Bonn, Germany: A group of United Nations Volunteers (UNV) yesterday received the University of Sydney’s Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies’ first Peacemaker Award for their groundbreaking work with the October 2004 presidential elections in Afghanistan. Read

Bonn, Germany: Building trust and promoting understanding and tolerance among youth in Bosnia and Herzegovina are the key objectives of the UNDP and UNV Integrated Youth Programme. UN Volunteers are working in 15 municipalities where people displaced by the war continue to return to their former homes. Read

Guatemala City, Guatemala: Following a long selection process throughout Guatemala, 40 new National UN Volunteers (VNTs) began their assignment with the United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala (MINUGUA) regional offices and headquarters. Read

New York, USA: The United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) and the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme agreed today to expand the role of UN Volunteers in UN peace operations worldwide. Read

When I was selected to be a UN Volunteer to serve in Kosovo, I had a great deal of curiosity, fear, and uncertainty. I had never heard of UNV and couldn’t imagine what it exactly meant. Read

Bonn, Germany: People are looking forward to better times in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where years of armed conflict have taken their toll. Relief supply will remain a reality for some time to come. The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme is among the international partners on the ground, taking action for peace and development. Read

Bonn, Germany: Year after year, the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme continues to demonstrate its value as a true partner in development - with UNDP, within the UN system at large, with governments and with civil society organizations worldwide. And 2002 was no exception. In fact, it was another year of growth for the organization. A record 5,234 UN Volunteers took up assignments ranging from building computer networks in rural Bhutan to sharing key human rights messages with indigenous communities in the jungles of Bolivia. Read

Bonn, Germany: In a visit to the headquarters of the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme in Bonn, Germany, Kamalesh Sharma, the UN's Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Timor-Leste, emphasized the need for continued support and presence of UN Volunteers in the world's newest nation. Read

Bonn, Germany: The year 2002 saw the birth of a nation and the climax of the largest operation in UNV’s 31-year history – both in Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor). UNV’s engagement in the former Portuguese colony began just prior to a UN-organized ballot held on 30 August 1999, at which time the vast majority of East Timorese voted for independence from Indonesia. Read

Pristina, Kosovo: The United Nations Volunteers programme (UNV) has launched a national UN Volunteer initiative to enable Kosovars to serve the causes of peace and development at home. Read