🇺🇳 UN Volunteers are often the best advocates for UN Peacekeeping because of how they connect directly with the people. This quote says it all

Most civil society organizations rely on #volunteers to run 💪

Last week #UNV interacted with 100s of volunteers during United Nations Civil Society Conference in Nairobi to discuss bold steps to #ActNow for #OurCommonFuture . #2024UNCSC

Closing Soon (20th May 2024).

- A chance to join the #54FacesofAfrica campaign, tell your story & spark change. 

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Leaving no one behind is our collective responsibility 👏

Volunteering allows anyone, whatever their abilities or skills, to participate in development efforts and have a say in decisions that affect them. #PartnerUp

🫂Volunteers grow by volunteering

You can learn...
🤝team work skills
✍️planning skills
🗣️communication skills

What did you obtain by volunteering?

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Increasingly, more UN Volunteers with disabilities are serving throughout the United Nations.

They concede that they are different, and proudly so.

Be inspired by their stories ➡️unv.org/diversity-mosa…

We cannot achieve the 17 #GlobalGoals unless we all work TOGETHER 💙 To achieve the #2030agenda we need to:

📢promote & highlight the contribution of volunteers for #SDGs ,
📊 exchange information and best practices on volunteering,
💪enhance volunteering opportunities.

How many words did you find in our trivia?

Volunteering is...

change,
developing,
teamwork,
way of life,
giving,
learning,
hard,

...and so much more

For every story we shared
For every friendship made
For every life changed

Big Thank You to our 10k followers.

From here, we go further, faster for the Global Goals.

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Volunteering is...?

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What is the SVF? 🤔

The Special Voluntary Fund 🇧🇩🇨🇳🇨🇿 🇫🇷🇩🇪🇮🇳🇮🇪🇰🇿🇸🇪🇨🇭🇹🇭🇹🇷🇪🇸 helps UNV to promote volunteerism for the #2030Agenda and the deployment of volunteers to support the United Nations 's peace and development initiatives worldwide 🌍

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It's crucial to establish dialogue between political decision-makers & civil society at national level & within int'l institutions.

This is key to rebuilding trust & ensuring decisions are shaped by the concerns, values & experiences of people across the globe.

My remarks at

'The United Nations will never stop fighting to deliver – for Africa and for all humanity,' António Guterres at the closing of the United Nations Civil Society Conference #2024UNCSC .
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Today, together w/ other senior UN officials, we welcomed SG António Guterres to the United Nations complex in Gigiri, Nairobi for the UN civil society conference.

His presence signifies the UN's commitment to engaging with civil society in addressing pressing global issues.
#2024UNCSC

From achieving inclusive education to assisting migrants, empowering women & fighting disinformation, #UNVolunteers with disabilities are fuelling @‌UN's mission.

Here are 77 incredible stories of 77 resilient individuals 🔗 bit.ly/3vCkszu

Most civil society organizations rely on #volunteers to run.

We are excited to interact with 100s of volunteers during United Nations Civil Society Conference in Nairobi this week, attended by 4000+ delegates, all taking bold steps to #ActNow for #OurCommonFuture .

#2024UNCSC

'Engaging with civil society is not a choice but a necessity. People-centred approaches strengthen our initiatives & keep us focused on the needs of communities.'
AED UN-Habitat Michal Mlynár emphasized the importance of amplyfying the voice of civil society at the #2024UNCSC .

Day 2⃣ of the UN Civil Society Conference #2024UNCSC

Visit the UnitedNations Victim booth and get to learn how volunteers are contributing towards #OurCommonFuture and get more insights on the UN Volunteer opportunities.

In 2020, WHO African Region & UNV launched the Africa Women Health Champions initiative to improve #health & gender #equality in the region.

Four years later, hundreds of women UN Volunteers worked with @WHO to improve public health on the continent: bit.ly/3wi4Ca9

📣Day 2 of the UN Civil Society Conference in Nairobi, Kenya!

→ DAY 2 Programme: bit.ly/4ab0v1l
→ Watch online: webtv.un.org/en
→ Visit the website: bit.ly/2024UNCSC

#2024UNCSC #OurCommonFuture #WeCommit