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Since UNV started operations in Afghanistan in 1989 it is estimated that well over 1200 UN volunteers have worked in the country. The UNV Programme in support to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) was formally established in 2003. The initial agreement was to field 44 UN volunteers for electoral activities at the field level in Afghanistan in line with part of the overall commitments of the International Community detailed in the Bonn Accord.
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Four hours in a bunker: A UN Volunteer in Afghanistan
07 April 2011
Mazar, Afghanistan: Lying on my bed, I got worried.  Would we be brutally injured or killed? At that moment, I realized the sacrifice – serving the vulnerable Afghan community where lives of humanitarian workers could be in danger anytime. Read
Filipino volunteer laid to rest
13 November 2009
UNV volunteer Jossie Esto, who was serving as an Electoral Outreach and Training Coordinator with the UNDP/ELECT project in Afghanistan, was laid to rest on 12 November 2009. (Esto family)
New Washington, The Philippines: UNV volunteer Jossie G. Esto, who died during the attack on a UN guesthouse in Kabul on 28 October, has been laid to rest in her native Philippines. "Jossie’s memory lives within each of us," said UNV Executive Coordinator Flavia Pansieri. Read
More about: Electoral assistance  Peace & conflict resolution
Countries:  Philippines
UNV mourns the deaths of two UNV volunteers serving in Afghanistan
28 October 2009
One of the UNV offices in Kabul. (B. Mikula/UNV)
Kabul, Afghanistan: UNV is deeply saddened by the tragic deaths of two UNV volunteers who were killed in an armed attack today. Read
More about: Electoral assistance
Countries:  Liberia  Philippines
UNV and the UNDP/ELECT project
14 August 2009
Election public awareness campaign in Kandahar. As one week remains until the historic presidential and provincial council elections, public awareness campaigns to educate Afghan voters are taking place across the country. In the southern province of Kandahar, 85 civic educators, among them 12 women, are using flipcharts to raise awareness about the elections. Forty one presidential candidates and more than 3,000 provincial council hopefuls are taking part in the 20 August elections. (IEC)
Kabul, Afghanistan: After decades of war, Afghanistan is gearing up for presidential elections on 20 August 2009. This will be the second democratic cycle the country has seen – and just as in 2004, UNV volunteers are heavily involved with the electoral process. Visit site
More about: Electoral assistance
Testing resolve but building rapport
13 August 2009
A significant part of ELECT’s work involves assisting and advising the principal electoral bodies, namely, the Afghanistan Independent Election Commission (IEC), the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC), and the Electoral Media Commission. UNV volunteers are at the forefront of these efforts. (UNAMA)
Eastern Afghanistan: Every few days, UNV volunteer Azita dons her headscarf and heads out to the Afghan provinces. “When I leave for work in the morning, it’s already 31-32 degrees out,” she comments. Read
More about: Electoral assistance

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