Port au Prince, Haiti: The printer crackles, winding on the first regional reports. Regional offices in the North, the Grand Anse, the West, and the South too send breaking news to the central Office of Civil Affairs. Read

Paris, France: A UNV volunteer has addressed delegates at a major international conference on how volunteerism has put gender issues into Kosovo's wider security debate. Read

Lome, Togo: The UN recently met in Rome  to discuss the global food crisis, and the World Bank has allocated funding for six countries in particular distress. One of these is Togo, where a UNV volunteer has helped launch an impromptu programme to meet immediate needs. Read

Paris, France: United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called on the United Nations Volunteers programme (UNV) to remain on "standby" to help replenish the corps of experienced civil servants in African countries hard hit by AIDS. Read

Bonn, Germany: United Nations Volunteers (UNV) and the French water and energy group, SUEZ, today announced the start of their first joint volunteer project to provide technical advice in support of development efforts in Honduras. Read