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International Volunteer Day is celebrated on 5 December annually, as mandated by the United Nations General Assembly in 1985, to promote volunteering worldwide.
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  • SDG 10
  • SDG 17
Youth volunteer refugees in solidarity with the community
Arab States
02 December 2022
Official launch of the COP27 National Volunteers’ Programme by the Ministry of Social Solidarity (MoSS) with the support of UNV, 7 October 2022.
News
  • SDG 13
  • SDG 17
Volunteers leverage youth action for climate at COP27
Arab States
10 November 2022
Youth volunteers and their trainers at the end of the three-day workshop
News
  • SDG 8
  • SDG 17
Giving Jordanian youth the ownership to achieve Sustainable Development Goals
Arab States
31 October 2022
UN Volunteer Nagham Abou Hamdan (right) discusses field monitoring with WFP surveyor
Results
  • SDG 2
  • SDG 17
UN Volunteers provide food security to the most vulnerable in Lebanon and Gaza
Arab States
27 October 2022
UNV launched the SWVR 2022 jointly with the League of Arab States in Cairo, in the presence of H.E. Nivine Kabbag, Minister of Social Solidarity of Egypt (centre). Standing next to her are Christian Hainzl, UNV Regional Manager for the Arab States (right) and Karina Nersesyan, UNFPA Deputy Regional Director for the Arab States (left).
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  • SDG 10
  • SDG 17
Calling on policymakers to work with volunteers in building forward better
Arab States
21 September 2022
UN Volunteer Rewa Barghouthy (second from left, front row) during the launch of the Youth Advisory Panel in Bethlehem, State of Palestine.
Results
  • SDG 5
  • SDG 10
  • SDG 16
  • SDG 17
UN Volunteers amplify young voices in their pursuit of a future for all
Arab States
12 August 2022
National UN Volunteers Mona Ouda and Diana Abu Ramadan help to rebuild Gaza in 2016.
CRISES IN THE STATE OF PALESTINE

Explore how UNV and UN Volunteers can support the emergency response to the crises in the State of Palestine. From information for UN partner entities on hosting a volunteer to working with online volunteers to information for potential candidates, you will find all information you need here.

UNV response to the crises in the State of Palestine
Lebanon Christelle Bercachy
BEIRUT BLAST

Learn more about how UNV and UN Volunteers are working with partners in response to the crises in Lebanon, from the aftermath of the Beirut Blast to addressing COVID-19 in the country. From information for UN partner entities on hosting a volunteer to working with online volunteers to information for potential candidates, you will find all information you need here.

UNV response to the crises in Lebanon
REPORTING ON OUR IMPACT
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PARTNERSHIPS IN THE ARAB STATES
Andrey Krachkov from Bulgaria, an online volunteer with the Resident Coordinator's Office in the Republic of Moldova, collected subnational epidemiological data on COVID-19.
Online volunteer informs on pandemic data
Celine Rehring (Germany) is a former UN Volunteer Judicial Affairs Officer with MINUSCA. She then moved on to a position as Judicial Affairs Officer with MINUSMA, where this photo was taken in 2019.
"I caught the UN virus!" a former UN Volunteer from Germany recounts
Sudanese refugee women prepare to fill their containers with precious water at a camp in eastern Chad.
Sharing hard-earned expertise to increase groundwater resources
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Christian Hainzl, Regional Manager
Christian Hainzl
Regional Manager
Regional Office for the Arab States
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