United Nations Volunteers programme
( UNV
)
The UNV programme is the UN organization that promotes volunteerism to support peace and development worldwide. Volunteerism can transform the pace and nature of development and it benefits both society at large and the individual volunteer. UNV contributes to peace and development by advocating for volunteerism globally, encouraging partners to integrate volunteerism into development programming, and mobilizing volunteers.
Every year, about 6,500 United Nations Volunteers, including 1,000 UN Youth Volunteers, contribute to the effective delivery of the peace and development interventions of UN system partners. Additionally, more than 11,000 UN Online Volunteers contribute to peace and sustainable development over the Internet.
UNV is administered by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Contact information
United Nations Volunteers
Postfach 260 111
D-53153 Bonn, Germany
General enquiries:
registry@unv.org
Phone: +49 (0)228-815 2000
Fax: +49 (0)228-815 2001
UN Volunteers
UN Campus
Platz der Vereinten Nationen 1
D-53113 Bonn, Germany
Latest News
- 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
- 13 July 2020UNV’s Pioneer Knowledge Portal on Volunteerism Goes LiveEnglish