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Opening Event of International Year for Volunteers for Sustainable Development 2026

5 December 2025

A view of the opening event for the International Year of Volunteers for Sustainable Development, 2026. At second from right is Annalena Baerbock, President of the eightieth session of the United Nations General Assembly, and at right is Ricklef Johannes Beutin, Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Nation. At second from left is Zhaslan Madiyev, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development of Kazakhstan, and at left is Toily Kurbanov, Executive Coordinator of the United Nations Volunteers (UNV).

The event is co-organised by Permanent Missions of Germany and Kazakhstan in collaboration with United Nations Volunteers.

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