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30 September 1948 – 27 September 2015 We have learned with great sadness of the passing away of Lt. Gen. Remco Seijn, former Treasurer General of the WVF, on 27 September 2015 Lieutenant General Remco Seijn was born on 30 September 1948 in Dordrecht, The Netherlands. He began a rich and varied military career in […]

5 February 2016 From 21-23 January 2016, the WVF’s President, Mr. Dan-Viggo Bergtun visited the Head of the WVF Peace and Security Division, and SCEA Chairman, Gen. Stanislaw Wozniak in Warsaw, Poland. The WVF has four Member Associations in Poland, and also held the 28th General Assembly of the WVF in Sopot, Poland, in September

13 April 2016 On 8th April 2016, the WVF Secretary General, Lt. Col. (Ret) Joseph Falzon, visited two of our Member Associations in Nicosia, Cyprus. The Secretary General first met The Cyprus Veterans Association World War II (CVA WWII), a member of the WVF since 1990. The CVA WWII was a very active Member Association of

13 June 2016  On Saturday 11 June, WVF Secretary General, Lt. Col. Joseph Falzon, completed a 24 mile sponsored walk with all donations going towards the World Veterans Federation. Here, Lt. Col. Falzon The recounts what was a memorable day for him and his entourage. Photo: RBL

21 April 2016 From 17-21 April 2016, WVF President, Mr. Dan-Viggo Bergtun, attended the 26th General Assembly of the Arab Veterans Union (AVU) held at the Landmark Hotel in Amman, Jordan.

26 April 2016 Dr Walter Busuttil, from the WVF Health & Welfare Division at WVF member, has won the 2016 Soldiering On Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of 34 years’ work in the field of mental health. The WVF congratulate our friend with the award.  https://expertinmind.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Busuttil-Dr-Walter.pdf

23 May 2016 On 20 May 2016, WVF President Mr. Dan-Viggo Bergtun, accompanied by WVF Peace and Security Division representative Col. Zdzislaw Jamka (Poland), met Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Hervé Ladsous, at the UN Headquarters in New York, USA.

16 November 2017 On Wednesday 15 November, 2017, Major Seitebatso Pearl Block (South Africa) was awarded the UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award in Vancouver, Canada. Present at the ceremony were Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, and Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix. (The pictures shown Major Block (center) is holding the award

From 22 to 24 September, Dan-Viggo Bergtun, President of the World Veterans Federation, attended the Veteran Gathering, Eurotreff in Stavanger, Norway. The Eurotreff is an old tradition for veterans from countries in the northern part of Scandinavia; to come together in the name of friendship across the borders. Over 160 veterans and relatives from United

22 July 2016 From 30 May to 1 June 2016, WVF President Dan-Viggo Bergtun visited the United Nations offices in Geneva at the invitation of Soldiers of Peace International Association (SPIA), for the International Day of United Nations Peacekeeper. The International Day of UN Peacekeepers was established to honour the memory of the UN peacekeepers