Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina: When Victoire Rio came to Mostar and announced her intention to organize a model UN, the feedback was rather negative. "They thought it is simply impossible here," recalls Ms. Rio. Fortunately, they were not right. Read

Korhogo, Côte d'Ivoire: In post-conflict Côte d'Ivoire, enabling the democratic process means a lot of work preparing for the upcoming elections. In the UN Mission Electoral Team, 124 of 175 staff are UNV volunteers. Read

Kathmandhu Valley, Nepal: It was not until I went on a UNV-facilitated mission through the Shell corporate volunteering programme 'Project Better World' that I came to understand the true meaning of the word 'volunteering' and the feeling of belonging it creates. Read

Ulaan Bataar, Mongolia: By developing alternative economic activities and finding ways that local people can engage in and even benefit from the conservation process, projects as ours are able to help make local people part of the solution instead of the problem. Read

Maastricht, Netherlands: We live in an increasingly inter-connected and inter-dependent world. Any debate on European issues impacts in one way or another on events beyond the region. So UNV being here has everything to do with making the case that we should not be blind to the fact that many of the issues covered at this Conference are equally relevant to poor countries and societies of the developing world. It is about making sure that what often seems to be a “blind spot” becomes a “hot spot”. Read