ABOUT THE WORLD ASSEMBLY OF YOUTH

The World Assembly of Youth (WAY) is the international coordinating body of national youth councils and organizations. The full members of WAY are national youth councils. WAY has 120 member organizations from all continents of the world.

Founded in 1949, WAY has general consultative status with United Nation System, the highest status possible for a non-governmental organization. WAY works in close cooperation with several UN agencies, including UNAIDS, UNEP, UNESCO, UNFPA, UNICEF and WHO.

WAY recognizes the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as the basis of its action and services. It works for the promotion of youth and youth organizations in programme areas such as: democracy, environment, human rights, population, health, drugs, community development and leadership training.


The Secretariat is at:
World Assembly of Youth
World Youth Complex,
Jalan Lebuh Raya,
75450 Melaka,
Malaysia
Telephones: +6062321871 or +6062322711
Fax: +6062327271


Visit our website at: http://www.way.org.my