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Newly appointed Secretay General of The World Veterans Federation The Board of the WVF are pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Anders Ramnerup as Secretary General as of March 2022. Mr. Ramnerup  is a Veteran from Sweden, he has seven International Missions abroad under the mandate of the United Nations.  He has further more […]

From Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s speech at Flag Day in Copenhagen on 5. September 2017. “And to you who have been sent, I will say:We need to take care of the best we have. We have to take care of you. It was just missing.You are our true heroes.And when you return home, it

On October 1, 2021, the head office was moved to Geneva, Switzerland. Our office is centrally located near the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG). The new address is: THE WORLD VETERANS FEDERATION (WVF)Rue de la Cité 11204 GenevaSWITZERLAND+41 (0) 2256 18407post@theworldveterans.orgwww.theworldveterans.orghttps://www.facebook.com/worldveteransfederation Closing of the office in Paris is now taken care of by the

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