This week, Habitat III, the third United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development is taking place in Quito, Ecuador, to establish a sustainable Urban Agenda for cities as we work towards achieving the Global Goals. 

This week, Habitat III, the third United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development is taking place in Quito, Ecuador, to establish a sustainable Urban Agenda for cities as we work towards achieving the Global Goals. 

In Timor-Leste, United Nations Day celebrations took place with the re-inauguration of the Peace Memorial in the International People’s Park on Dili's waterfront. The Park re-opened with a refurbished Peace Memorial after months of extensive repairs. UN Volunteers assisted the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) in making celebrations happen with three events to recognize the United Nations' central role in leading to independence and peace for the Timorese.

In Timor-Leste, United Nations Day celebrations took place with the re-inauguration of the Peace Memorial in the International People’s Park on Dili's waterfront. The Park re-opened with a refurbished Peace Memorial after months of extensive repairs. UN Volunteers assisted the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) in making celebrations happen with three events to recognize the United Nations' central role in leading to independence and peace for the Timorese.

Teresa Calderón is a national UNV Health Specialist. She supports the National Zero Malnutrition Programme through community health actions with a focus on nutrition, providing technical assistance to improve the quality of health care for Bolivian families, especially mothers and children. One of her field visits was to the remote and isolated community of Ucumaci in a very arid region of the country. She was very impressed by the health centre she visited there, which she described as an oasis in the middle of the desert.

Masala Boly first served the needs of children as a volunteer in an orphanage in Mexico, before advocating on their behalf as a UN Volunteer for UNICEF in Burundi. After a short period of training in the capital Bujumbura, she was assigned to Gitega, a provincial town in the middle of the country, where violation of children’s rights is rife.

As a UN Volunteer, Shoko Fujita from Japan assists UNICEF in assessing and monitoring child well-being in Timor-Leste.With UNICEF's Child Protection Team, Shoko works on crime reclassification in line with Timor-Leste Penal Code by developing common data collection tools to register criminal cases involving children. This new tool is a case tracking system that helps coordinate child protection action from different actors including the Vulnerable Person’s Unit of National Police Timor-Leste (PNTL) and the Ministry of Social Solidarity.

In Egypt, Dalia has been working as a national UN Volunteer supporting UNICEF in their Communication for Development (C4D) Section.During the past two years, she has been involved in initiating behavioural change responses, such as promoting healthy living, hygienic practices, and nutrition. She has also participated in emergency responses, including the H1N1 influenza pandemic and provided help to displaced children and families on the Egyptian-Libyan borders in the wake of the Libyan revolution.