The World Veterans Federation (WVF) is an international non-profit, non-governmental organization which is independent from governments, non-political and non-sectarian. It does not discriminate on the basis of racial, ethnic, religious, gender or national identities, nor does it allow its members to do so. It is a federation of 170 veteran organizations from 89 countries representing some 25 to 30 million veterans worldwide. The WVF was established in Paris, France in 1950. The founding members were veteran organizations from 8 countries namely, Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Turkey, USA and Yugoslavia. Its original name was “The International Federation of War Veterans Organisation”. The WVF maintains its consultative status with the United Nations since 1951 and was conferred the title of “Peace Messenger” in 1987.

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