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The World Federation of Democratic Youth is a youth organization, recognized by the United Nations as an international youth non-governmental organization. WFDY was founded in London in 1945. WFDY was formed as a broad democratic youth movement, organized in the context of the end of the Second World War. But at the beginning of the Cold War, almost all Western organizations pulled out of WFDY.When the USSR and the Eastern Bloc collapsed, WFDY entered a crisis. In the vaccum of power created by the disappearance of the most important member organization, the Soviet Komsomol, conflicts emerged on the character of the Federation. Some wanted a more apolitical structure, whereas others were more inclined to an openly leftist federation. WFDY did however, survive the crisis of 1989- 1992, and is today an active international youth organization that holds regular activities.
The WFDY Headquarters are in Budapest, Hungary.
The main event of WFDY is the World Festival of Youth and Students . The 16th WFYS is due to be held in Venezuela 2005.
1 Member organizations of WFDY (Incomplete list)
1.1 Africa:
- Juventude do Movimento Popular da Libertaçăo de Angola , AngolaThis article is about the nation, for the prison see Angola Prison Angola is a country in southwestern Africa bordering Namibia, Congo-Kinshasa, Congo-Brazzaville and Zambia and with a west coast along the Atlantic Ocean. A former Portuguese colony, it ha (Youth of MPLA)
- National Union of Eritrean Youth and Students , EritreaAnother article treats the Greek city of Eretria. The State of Eritrea is a country in northeast Africa. It is bordered by Sudan in the west, Ethiopia in the south, and Djibouti in the east. The northeast of the country has an extensive coastline with the
- Organizaçăo da Juventude Mozambicana , MozambiqueMozambique is a country in Southern Africa, bordering South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Malawi and Zimbabwe. It is a member of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries and the Commonwealth of Nations. Its capital and largest city is Maputo, located (Youth of FRELIMO)
- SWAPO Youth League , NamibiaThe Republic of Namibia is a country in southwest Africa, on the Atlantic coast. It is bordered by Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east, and South Africa to the south. It gained independence in 1990, and as such it is one of the youngest n (Youth of South-West Africa People's OrganisationThe South-West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO) was founded, along with a number of other groups, as a liberation organisation: following the first world war, South-West Africa formerly a German colony was turned over to South Africa to rule as a)
- Mouvement de la Jeunesse Démocratique , SenegalThe Republic of Senegal is a country in western Africa south of Senegal River. Senegal is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, and Guinea and Guinea-Bissau to the south. The Gambia forms a virtual enclave w
- African National Congress Youth League , South Africa (Youth of African National Congress)
- South African Student Congress , South Africa
- Sudanese Youth Union , Sudan (Youth of Communist Party of Sudan )
- Umoja Wa Vijana , Tanzania (Youth of Chama Cha Mapinduzi)
- Unión de Juventud de Saguia el Hamra y Río de Oro , Western Sahara (Youth of Polisario Front)
- United National Independent Party Youth League , Zambia (Youth of United National Independence Party)
- ZANU-PF Youth League , Zimbabwe (Youth of Zanu-PF)
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