UN internships do not come along in batches like this very often. Seven roles are open right now across some of the most important organisations in the multilateral system: UNHCR, the World Food Programme, UN Women, UNEP's Multilateral Fund, UNDP, IOM and the Syria IIIM. They span six countries and four fields that define international work today: refugee protection and asylum law, humanitarian diplomacy and the fight against hunger, gender equality and advocacy, climate and environmental policy, and international HR and operations. If you are a student or recent graduate trying to get a foot inside the UN, this is exactly the kind of first step an internship abroad is meant to be, the sort of line on a CV that opens doors for years. You could be working on the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum with UNHCR in Paris, preparing briefs for senior management at WFP in Geneva, driving gender advocacy with UN Women in Tokyo, or supporting staff wellbeing at the UN mechanism investigating serious crimes in Syria. Each role puts you shoulder to shoulder with senior professionals doing work that reaches far beyond the office.
There is a strong fit here for almost every profile. Studying law or international relations? UNHCR's legal and policy internship in Paris is built for you. Drawn to humanitarian diplomacy and multilateral affairs? WFP in Geneva puts you inside Genève Internationale. Passionate about gender equality and communications? UN Women in Tokyo is a hands-on way into UN advocacy. Care about climate and environmental regulation? UNEP's Multilateral Fund in Montreal works on the fund behind the Montreal Protocol. Interested in organizational psychology, HR analytics or migration operations? The Syria IIIM, UNDP and IOM roles cover exactly those. A clear note on pay, because it matters: three roles carry a monthly allowance (UNHCR around 1,480 euros, WFP up to 1,000 US dollars, UNDP around 1,000 US dollars), while the UN Women, UNEP and IOM roles do not state a stipend, so treat them as experience-first. One role, the Syria IIIM internship, is explicitly unpaid and may involve distressing material, so go in with your eyes open. The deadlines are the pressure point: four close on 19 August and three on 20 August, so if one speaks to you, apply today.
In This Batch
- 🇫🇷 France, Paris · UNHCR · Protection Intern (Legal & Policy) · paid ~1,480 euros/month · 📅 19 Aug
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland, Geneva · WFP · Multilateral Engagement Intern · paid up to 1,000 USD/month · 📅 19 Aug
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Tokyo · UN Women · Advocacy, Outreach & Resource Mobilization Intern · 📅 19 Aug
- 🇨🇦 Canada, Montreal · UNEP Multilateral Fund · Programme Research Intern · 📅 19 Aug
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland, Geneva · Syria IIIM · Psychosocial Support Intern · unpaid · 📅 20 Aug
- 🇩🇰 Denmark, Copenhagen · UNDP · HR Reporting, Learning & Recruitment Intern · paid ~1,000 USD/month · 📅 20 Aug
- 🇩🇪 Germany, Berlin · IOM · Korea Visa Application Center Intern · 📅 20 Aug
7 UN & International Organisation Internships · 6 Countries · Some Paid
🧡 Internship Opportunities
1. 🇫🇷 Protection Intern (Legal and Policy) ⚖️ UNHCR Internship in Paris, France 🕊️ (~1,480 euros/month)
📅 Deadline: 19 August 2026
Studying law or international relations and care about refugee protection? UNHCR's office in France is offering a legal and policy internship in Paris, working on asylum law, the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum, and advocacy with French institutions, with a monthly allowance of around 1,480 euros.
2. 🇨🇭 Multilateral Engagement Intern 🌍 WFP Internship in Geneva, Switzerland 🤝 (up to 1,000 USD/month)
📅 Deadline: 19 August 2026
Interested in humanitarian diplomacy? WFP's Geneva Global Office is offering a Multilateral Engagement Internship, tracking Member State positions, supporting engagement with partners across Genève Internationale, and preparing briefs for senior management in the fight to end hunger.
3. 🇯🇵 Advocacy, Outreach and Resource Mobilization Intern 📣 UN Women Internship in Tokyo, Japan 🎌
📅 Deadline: 19 August 2026
Passionate about gender equality? UN Women's Japan Liaison Office in Tokyo is looking for an intern to support its communications, advocacy and outreach work, from social media and website management to the Women's Empowerment Principles and the Unstereotype Alliance Japan chapter. A hands-on way into UN communications and gender advocacy.
4. 🇨🇦 Programme Research Intern (Projects and Related MLF Policies) 🌿 UNEP Multilateral Fund Internship in Montreal, Canada 🧊
📅 Deadline: 19 August 2026
Want to work on the fund behind the Montreal Protocol? UNEP's Multilateral Fund is offering a research internship in Montreal, analysing servicing-sector data, demonstration projects and regulatory frameworks around refrigerants and energy efficiency, and helping build the tools that track it all.
5. 🇨🇭 Psychosocial Support Intern 🧠 Syria IIIM Internship in Geneva, Switzerland 💙 (unpaid)
📅 Deadline: 20 August 2026
Into organizational psychology and staff wellbeing? The Syria IIIM in Geneva, the UN mechanism investigating the most serious crimes committed in Syria, is looking for a Psychosocial Support intern to help run the annual wellbeing survey, research best practices in staff support, and draft a vicarious trauma prevention guide. A flexible 6-month internship (in person, hybrid or remote), fluency in English required. ⚠️ Note it is unpaid, and the work may involve distressing material.
6. 🇩🇰 HR Reporting, Learning and Recruitment Intern 📊 UNDP Internship in Copenhagen, Denmark 🤝 (~1,000 USD/month)
📅 Deadline: 20 August 2026
Interested in HR analytics and international recruitment? UNDP's People Programmes and Partnership unit in Copenhagen is looking for an intern to compile and analyse HR satisfaction surveys, coordinate interviews and reference checks, and support learning and development activities for its Junior Professional Officer programmes. A 6-month internship with a stipend of around 1,000 US dollars a month, fluency in English required, at the vibrant UN City.
7. 🇩🇪 Korea Visa Application Center Intern 🛂 IOM Internship in Berlin, Germany 📑
📅 Deadline: 20 August 2026
Interested in migration and international operations? IOM is offering an internship with its Korea Visa Application Center in Berlin, supporting the day-to-day running of visa applications, document checks, applicant communications and reporting, and coordinating with KVAC teams in Paris, London, The Hague and Ulaanbaatar.
Seven internships, seven world-class institutions, and a genuine door into the UN system. If you scrolled this far, one of them already fits: the legal and policy work at UNHCR for future human rights lawyers, the humanitarian diplomacy at WFP for the multilateral-minded, the gender advocacy at UN Women for communicators, the climate policy at UNEP for environmental researchers, and the psychology, HR and migration roles at the Syria IIIM, UNDP and IOM. Two things should shape your shortlist: location and pay. These sit in Paris, Geneva, Tokyo, Montreal, Copenhagen and Berlin, so factor in where you can realistically be based, and be clear-eyed about compensation, three roles are paid, three do not state a stipend, and one is explicitly unpaid. On timing, this list is ordered soonest-first for a reason: four roles close on 19 August and three on 20 August, so waiting almost never helps when places at organisations like these fill fast. Do one concrete thing today: pick the role that fits you, open its link, check the requirements, and start your application. And if you want opportunities like these to reach you the moment they land, rather than scrolling dozens at once, join our broadcast channel through the link in our bio, where we share every new batch first.
