UNV has worked to implement the Habitat Agenda by mobilizing UN Volunteers as well as by promoting and supporting different types of volunteerism in developing countries and countries in transition. Making cities work for people has in recent years become an even more critical part of our mission. Read

"It is most appropriate that on World Environment Day this year, the International Year of Volunteers 2001 (IYV 2001), that the Global Environment Facility (GEF) pays tribute to the individuals who donate their time and expertise to the Small Grants Program National Steering Committees." Read

Five years ago I had never heard of UNV (someone said it was UN's best kept secret) and I found out what it was all about when I was recruited in 1996 to develop the UNV web site. Read

Bonn, Germany: For the 25th Anniversary, UNFPA and UNV honored two exceptional volunteers - one from France, working in Zimbabwe, and another from Nepal, working in Guyana with a UNFPA/UNV Award for Distinguished work in population. Read