United Nations Volunteer Program

United Nations Volunteers Program United Nations Volunteers
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Langer Eugen in Bonn
Organization type	Special program
Abbreviation	UNV
management	Olivier Adam France since 2017
status	active
Founded	1970
Headquarters	Bonn Germany
Upper organization	UNDP
www.unv.org

The United Nations Volunteers (ger .: United Nations Volunteers - UNV ) was based on the on 7 December 1970 the United Nations General Assembly established adopted Resolution 2659 (XXV).

history

UN volunteers distributing aid in Haiti

UN volunteers distributing informational materials in the DR Congo

It was founded on the initiative of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi , who, in a speech on June 13, 1968 at Harvard University, proposed the establishment of a United Nations institution for the development of a voluntary service . On December 20, 1968, the General Assembly of the United Nations initially commissioned a feasibility study for the establishment of a facility for the coordination of a volunteer program with Resolution 2460 (XXXIII). In December 1970 it was decided to found the organization called "United Nations Volunteers" (UNV). As early as January 1971, the institution began its work under its first program coordinator, the Iranian Assad K. Sadry. Iran initially provided most of the funds and by September 1971 41 volunteers were able to start their service in five countries. In 1972 the head office was moved from New York to Geneva .

The subsidiary organ of the United Nations has been administered by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) since 1996 and is based in Bonn / Germany .

The United Nations Volunteer Program (UNV) is a United Nations organization that promotes volunteering for peace and development worldwide. Volunteering can change the pace and nature of development and it benefits both society as a whole and the individual volunteer. UNV contributes to peace and development by advocating volunteering around the world, encouraging partners to include volunteering in their development programs, and mobilizing volunteers.

UNV works with UN organizations as well as with governments and institutions outside the UN system, including civil society, non-governmental organizations and the private sector. UN volunteers play a crucial role in the development process around the world: They support their partners in advancing human development and achieving the Millennium Development Goals .

Most of the missions are in the least developed countries. Fields of work are z. B .:

• Establishment of democratic structures
• Business start-up and entrepreneurship
• Peace missions and transitional administrations
• Health advice
• Humanitarian aid
• social rehabilitation
• Technical cooperation
• Environmental and development projects

Experts with professional or academic degrees in the fields of administration, agriculture, education, health care, engineering, technology, handicrafts, construction, management consulting, communication and transport are particularly in demand. The volunteers who are 40 years old on average are posted for one to two years. Most of the helpers come from developing countries themselves .

Online volunteering service

The UNV Online Volunteering Service offers people the opportunity to volunteer for development cooperation. Volunteers can choose from numerous volunteering opportunities on the Online Volunteering Service website. On the UNV online portal, primarily non-governmental organizations and UN organizations post tasks that volunteers can support by completing them. The volunteers use their skills in a variety of ways, for example by creating websites, translating texts, planning a marketing or fundraising campaign and much more

With the online volunteering service, UNV offers:

• A global platform for development organizations to recruit volunteer supporters;
• An easy to use website where volunteers can search for volunteer opportunities;
• An easy-to-use tool that organizations can use to manage their assignments and volunteers;
• The opportunity for volunteers and organizations to expand their networks.

72 percent of the organizations using the service are civil society organizations, 25 percent are United Nations organizations and 3 percent are state institutions.

In 2013, 17,370 tasks were offered on the Online Volunteering Service website.

Over 58 percent of the 11,328 online volunteers were women and 60 percent were from developing countries.

Web links

• Homepage (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.unv.org/about-unv/who-we-are accessed on June 21, 2019
2. ↑ Chronology UN Volunteers ( Memento of the original from October 18, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Excerpt from speech by Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
4. ↑ Resolution 2460 (XXIII) ( Memento of the original from October 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ UN in Bonn: For sustainable development worldwide ( Memento of the original from June 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ About the UNV Online Volunteering service ( Memento of the original from June 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ↑ Statistics Online Volunteering service ( Memento of the original from June 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.