The international UN Volunteer modality opens up opportunities for mid-career professional women and men to serve as UN Volunteers and contribute to the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – a set of time-bound targets to combat poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation and discrimination against women.

Ukrainians are eligible to apply and serve as International UN Volunteers; at the moment around 30 Ukrainian professionals are serving abroad as UNVs, mainly in Africa and in Trinidad and Tobago islands. From May 2005 to April 2006 12 Ukrainians have been recruited to serve abroad as International UNVs

How to apply

The first step is to ask yourself if you fulfil the necessary criteria and have the necessary skills and experience to be an International UN Volunteer:

• You have to be at least 25 years old;
• You need to have the required language skills. This means that you master the working language orally and in writing which is used at UN duty stations all over the world. In most of the cases, this is English but can also be Spanish, French and Russian;
• You need to have a university degree;
• In most of the assignments, it is required to have at least 2 to 5 years of working experience in the field for which you are applying.

The second step is to apply to the UNV roster and below are instructions how to do it online or by sending your CV (curriculum vitae).

1. Apply online simply by filling in the UNV Online Questionnaire

2. Apply with your CV (curriculum vitae) or resume:

• Send your CV by email to: enquiry@unvolunteers.org
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• By fax or mail your CV (hardcopy) to: UNV, Cyprus Offshore Centre, PO Box 25711, 1311 Nicosia, Cyprus, Fax: +357 22 8783-61