UNV has been promoting the role of youth in development since 1976, and it has extensive expertise in youth volunteer placement. Many UNV projects already involve a large number of young people. In 2011, 23 per cent of all UN Volunteers and 62 per cent of all UN Online Volunteers were below the age of […]
Welcome to the United Nations. It is wonderful to be with you today Working with and for young people is a priority in my Five-year Action Plan. Your generation is the largest the world has ever known. The tools at your disposal for communicating and acting are unprecedented. But so are the challenges – from […]
The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme is the UN organization that contributes to peace and development through volunteerism worldwide. Volunteerism is a powerful means of engaging people in tackling development challenges, and it can transform the pace and nature of development. Volunteerism benefits both society at large and the individual volunteer by strengthening trust, solidarity and […]
This year’s observance of International Youth Day focuses on the issue of youth migration. Of the annual total of some 214 million international migrants, young people constitute more than 10 per cent, yet too little is known about their struggles and experiences. The reasons young people migrate are many. Some are fleeing persecution, others are
On 25-26 April, UN Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth, Mr Ahmad Alhendawi, visited Washington DC to speak at a public policy event organized by the Strategic Center for International Studies (SCIS) and the International Youth Foundation. While in Washington Mar Alhendawi also spoke at George Washington University. The visit included meetings at the US State […]
