United Nations Volunteers Programme
( UNV
)
The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme provides global citizens with an opportunity to volunteer across the three pillars of the United Nations system: development; peace and security; and human rights. Administered by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), UNV advocates for the recognition of volunteers, works with partners to integrate volunteerism into development programming, and helps to mobilize volunteers throughout the world.
Every year, over 12,000 UN Volunteers representing about 180 nationalities support UN peace and development initiatives in more than 160 countries worldwide. Additionally, some 10,000 Online Volunteers contribute their time over the internet to support the UN system through various innovative online assignments – such as data analysis, solar labelling, graphic design, video editing, mapping, and translation in UN languages, among many others.
UNV engages the United Nations system, Member States, civil society and the private sector to promote volunteerism and the Sustainable Development Goals.
Please visit www.unv.org for information on UN Volunteers.
Contact information
United Nations Volunteers
PO Box 260 111
53153 Bonn, Germany
General enquiries:
Internet: www.unv.org
Telephone: +49 228 815 2000
Fax: +49 228 815 2001
UN Campus
Platz der Vereinten Nationen 1
53113 Bonn, Germany
Latest News
- 06 February 2024United Nations Development Programme: Guest lecture at Freie Universität Berlin on the development of the African continentEnglish
- 11 April 2023New UNEP Young Talent Pipeline, in partnership with UNV: applications now openEnglish
- 04 January 2023How UNV celebrated International Volunteer Day in Arab StatesEnglish
- 05 December 2022UN Volunteers celebrate International Volunteer Day 2022English
- 20 June 2022World Refugee Day: Engaging Refugee UN Volunteers as agents of change in JordanEnglish
- 15 June 2022UN Bonn Entities Will Join Open House at Villa HammerschmidtEnglish
- 04 April 2022UN Volunteers: Capturing the Stories of those Overcoming Adversity in HaitiEnglish
- 10 February 2022New building on the UN Campus officially handed over to the United Nations in BonnEnglish
- 19 January 2022New Podcast Episode: UN Volunteers – Volunteering in a peacekeeping mission in MaliEnglish
- 18 January 2022UN Bonn entities at the career fair for International OrganizationsEnglish
- 02 December 2021United Nations Report encourages policy makers to ‘Build Forward Better’ together with volunteersEnglish
- 21 July 2021Recruiting persons with disabilities to serve as UN VolunteersEnglish
- 13 January 2021UN Women and UNV launch new Young Women Leaders InitiativeEnglish
- 07 January 2021Together We Can: Celebrating Shramdaan, the Spirit of Volunteerism, in IndiaEnglish
- 22 December 2020Appointment of the Executive Coordinator of the United Nations Volunteers (UNV)English
- 16 December 2020UN Bonn meets to Discuss Human Development in the AnthropoceneEnglish
- 15 December 2020Making Information Available for Migrants in TajikistanEnglish
- 05 December 2020International Volunteer Day 2020 – Together We Can through VolunteeringEnglish
- 06 November 2020Volunteers at the UN: The Rich Human Talent Countering COVID-19English
- 20 October 2020Internationaler Tag der Freiwilligen 2020English