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Created as a subsidiary organ of the United Nations
General Assembly in 1970, under the general aegis of the United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP),
The United Nations
Volunteers is the United Nations organisation that supports sustainable
human development globally through the promotion of volunteerism and the
mobilisation of volunteers. It serves the causes of peace and development
through enhancing opportunities for participation by all peoples.It is
universal, inclusive and embraces volunteer action in all its diversity.
It values free will, commitment, engagement and solidarity, which are the
foundations of volunteerism.
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