STAND
UP Campaign 2007
Staff members of UNDP, UNV,
UNIC, FAO, UNFPA and World Bank Water and Sanitation
Programme in India came out of their offices to stand and
speak against the poverty. The photographs were clicked
and the Resident Coordinator a.i. read out the Pledge to
the staff members. Similar events took place in other UN
Agencies and the State Offices of UNDP in Chennai and
Orissa.
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International
Volunteer Day 2006
4-Year Old Muna Oda Thapa
Volunteers
Support
to Campaign for HIV and AIDS Awareness
New
Delhi, 6 November:
Muna Oda Thapa, 4-year
old daughter of International UNV Volunteer, Yoko Oda, was
the Youngest Volunteer during an event “STOP AIDS: Keep
the Promise” held at Dilli Haat, New Delhi, on December 2,
2006, India.
Muna greeted over 200 visitors who came to Dilli Haat, and
gave them the red ribbon which symbolizes solidarity for
people living with HIV and AIDS globally. It also unites
all people in the fight against HIV and AIDS. Thanks to
Muna’s efforts, a large number of visitors wore the ribbon
to show their solidarity on the occasion. Additionally,
the ribbons attached to white and blue balloons which
celebrate the International Volunteer Day were given to
children who came to Dilli Haat.
Dilli Haat is an outdoor
market which offers handicrafts, food and cultural
activities of states across India.
The event was voluntarily
organized by the staff members of the UN agencies and the
World Bank in India to promote greater understanding on
HIV and AIDS. The UNV India Country Office came out in
full support of the event.
Message from the Secretary-General of the United Nations:
Each day, millions of
volunteers make a statement that despite everything –
despite poverty and hatred, despite apathy and the seeming
intractability of some of the challenges we fact – people
can change the world for the better.
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UNV honours outstanding
Online Volunteers
of the Year 2006 – Lakshmi Poorna from
India
Every year, the United
Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme and its Online
Volunteering (OV) service honour ten exceptional women and
men who have made an exemplary impact on human development
by sharing their expertise over the Internet and by
demonstrating their commitment to volunteering. The
winners of the “Online Volunteer of the Year” award for
2006 were announced today.
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more
The International
Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development (IVD)
was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly through
Resolution A/RES/40/212 on 17 December 1985. Since then,
governments, the UN system and civil society organizations
have successfully joined volunteers around the world to
celebrate the Day on 5 December. For more information,
please visit
http://www.worldvolunteerweb.org/intl-volunteer-day/background.html.
