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Mr Dan-Viggo Bergtun, President of the World Veterans Federation, attended the 27th Session of the General Assembly of the Arab Veterans Union, which was held in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) on 11–15 November 2018.  The Session was attended by many delegates and Member Associations from the WVF. Representatives from Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Tunisia, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, […]

23 October 2018 The WVF President, Mr. Dan-Viggo Bergtun, attended the 30th Anniversary of the Council of Veterans of War, Labour and Armed Forces of the Azerbaijan Republic on 16-19 October 2018, held in Baku.

1 June 2018 On 28 May, a  one-day conference was held in Warsaw as a second stage of the two-year project named «Warsaw UN Peace Operations Overview”. It was organized by the Warsaw Research Institute for Peace, the Institute of International Affairs of the University of Warsaw and the UN Peacekeeping Missions Veterans Association.  Within

29 May 2018 On May 29th, 1948, the United Nations Security Council authorized the first United Nations peacekeeping operation – the UN Truce Supervision Organization in the Middle East. On this 70th anniversary, we express our gratitude to the more than one million men and women who have served under the UN flag, saving countless

14 May 2018 The Dutch Organisation for Veterans Mental Health Care in the Netherlands organised its first International Conference on Dutch Veterans Health Care. The Conference was held on April 4-6 2018 in Amsterdam at the Royal Marine Base (http://congres.lzv-groep.nl) This article will be regularly updated as the documents of the Conference will circulated by

14 Mai 2018 From 23 to 26 April, Mr. Dan-Viggo Bergtun, President of the WVF, visited Ukraine to meet Transition International and to attend the Veteran Empowerment and Transition Summit.  The purpose of the visit was to have meetings together with Transition International (TI) to find a way to start the “Global Veteran Peace Training

6 April 2018 On 6 March 2018 the WVF Health and Welfare Division was represented at the conference hosted by EUROMIL at the European Parliament in Brussels entitled “Increasing European Collaboration in PTSD Research” by Dr. Dominic Murphy of the UK association Combat Stress.   The European Organisation of Military Associations (EUROMIL) is the voice of

21 February 2018 We have learned with great sadness of the passing of Dr. Ljubomir Sekulic, Honorary President of the Association of the National-Liberation War and Anti-Fascists of Montenegro.  The WVF had the pleasure of working very closely with Prof Sekulic, most notably during the preparation of the 23ème SCEA meeting in Cetinje, Montenegro but also

22 October 2017 From 9 to 12 November 2017 WVF President, Mr. Dan-Viggo Bergtun, went to the United States to help set up the Standing Committee on the Americas and participate in various events organised in the region of Washington DC for 11 November. This short visit was extremely fruitful. Mr. Bergtun was welcomed by

21 September 2017 On the International Day of Peace we reflect on the cruel price of war. Ruined schools, bombed hospitals, broken families, refugees searching for hope, countries in crisis. The Unites Nations was born from a terrible World War. Our mission is to work for peace everyday and everywhere. No group interest, national ambition