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United Nations

Official UN Legislation on volunteering

Support for volunteering - 14 August 2001
Report of the Ad Hoc Committee of Istanbul + 5 Adopted by all UN member states - June 2001
Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries Third UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries Adopted by all UN member states - May 2001
The Role of Volunteerism in the Promotion of Social Development - 13-23 February 2001
Volunteering and Social Development Resolution Adopted by ECOSOC's Commission for Social Development: E/CN.5/2001/L.4 -2001
International Year of Volunteers Resolution Adopted by the General Assembly: A/RES/55/57 - 4 December 2000
Further Initiatives for Social Development Resolution Adopted at the 24th special special General Assembly session entitled "World Summitt for Social Development and Beyond: Achieving Social Development for all in a Globalizing World" (Social Summit +5): June 2000
International Year of Volunteers, 2001 - 20 November 1997