Bonn, Germany: Sharon Capeling-Alakija, UNV Executive Coordinator passed away on 4 November 2003. She was a strong advocate of volunteerism for more than 30 years. Read

Message of the Administrator, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Mark Malloch Brown. Read

BONN: Message of the Executive Coordinator a.i., United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programmeAd de Raad . Read

UN Volunteers statistics 2003/04. Read

Cash contributions to UNV in 2003 (Thousands of US$). Read

More than 5,600 UN Volunteers serving worldwide every year, thousands more are leaving study rooms and offices, or logging onto their computers at home, to take up some of the new and diverse opportunities opened up by UNV to volunteer for development. Read

BONN: Achieving the MDGs will require the ingenuity, solidarity and creativity of millions of ordinary people through voluntary action. The challenge is to ensure that the right conditions are in place for such a powerful force to flourish, and to be harnessed effectively for development. To thrive, voluntary action has to be actively promoted, recognized, facilitated and networked. Read

Bonn, Germany: Reaching out to the most remote parts of Kyrgyzstan, UN Volunteers are helping some 30,000 people to organize and become an effective force in the community. As part of the National Poverty Alleviation Programme, UN Volunteers are supporting individual initiatives such as micro-loans to generate income and improve livelihoods as well as communal schemes, like building roads to better access farm lands. Read

Bonn, Germany: UN Volunteers is empowering local people: Decentralization and governance. Read

Bonn, Germany: In 2003/2004, UN Volunteers mobilized local volunteer action to promote environmentally-friendly habits. 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

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