UN Peacekeeping has just launched a new UN Peacekeeping website. Of course the Little Peacekeeper is immediately going to www.un.org/peacekeeping and has a close look at the new site. You can see him browsing the site on the picture.
UN-REDD added and UN Inspira jobs updated
The UN Job List is continuously growing and with 2011 being the year of the forests, what better thing to do than to add UN-REDD to the UN Job List? UN-REDD is online now (sadly there are not all that many vacancies up there yet) but have a look at the UN-REDD jobs.
On a related note I wanted to let you know that I received some feedback that the UN Job List listings of UN Inspira jobs were having the wrong dates to them. So I fixed the issue and discovered a number of new departments in the UN which are now added to the UN Job List, too.
Please let me know if you have further ideas or even discover an agency that’s not on the UN Job List yet. Thanks!
Training for the Little Peacekeeper
Before the Little Peacekeeper is going on missions, he needs to complete rigorous training. Have a look!
Winter forest
There has a been a heavy snow storm over night but now the sun is shining so the Little Peacekeeper enjoys a walk in the forest. Did you know that 2011 is the year of the forests? More about that here: www.un.org/forests
UN Volunteers
The Little Peacekeeper found a pin from the UN Volunteers. He is visiting http://www.unv.org/ to learn more about UNV and finds out that he can even volunteer from home via the UNV Online Volunteering service: http://www.onlinevolunteering.org. Do you volunteer?
Which UN organisation is hiring? The 2010 UN Job List Statistics
According to tradition it’s time to look back and reflect on where UN jobs are coming from so after the 2007, 2008 and 2009 statistics here is the summary for 2010.
Again the results are no big surprise for those who know the UN landscape. The top three organisations/departments are still UNDP, WHO and UNOPS. However, UNICEF is a very strong number four, followed by FAO, IAEA, UNFPA, IOM, UNRWA and UNEP. Note that the secretariat is not listed as a whole but rather according to its different departments in the same way the UN Job List lists the secretariat.
Also note this year in particular my disclaimer on data accuracy: For instance the UNICEF data feed has only been implemented in August so my UNICEF data is incomplete for 2010. All data represents a collection of vacancies posted by the UN Job List. Thus the data can not be used as an accurate estimation of how many posts an organisation actually fills, since the UN Job List neither tracks internal vacancies nor has a way of knowing which of the advertised vacancies are filled eventually.
For further details have a look at the UN Job List Resource Page where you can see what the last three days look like, how 2011 is building and how the past years were.
Life’s most urgent question
At today’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Day the Little Peacekeeper finds a card that reads “Life’s most urgent question is: What are you doing for others?”. What do you think? Is this question one of life’s most urgent questions?
Reading about the UN
During his most recent trip to the UN bookshop the Little Peacekeeper takes a card with the title “Every day the United Nations works to solve global challenges” with him. Back at home he studies the 10 bullets on the back of the card. You can see him read the card on the picture.
Honoring the victims of the Haiti Earthquake
Today is the first anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Haiti. The Little Peacekeeper stands in silence to remember the many victims. However, afterwards, goes right back to work and answers this quiz from WFP to feed a child in Haiti: http://gifts.wfp.org/quiz/haiti You can take that quiz to help, too!
More winter fun
About a year ago the Little Peacekeeper built a snowman. Some of you may remember that (for all of you who don’t, look here: http://www.rottmair.de/2010/02/17/winter-fun-with-the-little-peacekeeper/ ). This year the Little Peacekeeper is building a much bigger snowman and you can see him doing that on the picture. Can you imagine what he is going to do next year?
