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.

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.

UN Volunteer Denis Yameogo supports UNICEF’s child protection work in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by giving communities the capacity to address child protection issues. This requires working directly with communities and mobilizing volunteers to promote protection and well-being for children. Under the responsibility of UNICEF provincial office, community volunteers help build the so called protected communities that promote child protection at the local level and protect children from violence, abuse and disease.

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.