Today is World Youth Conference day

On November 10, 1945, the World Youth Conference ended its proceedings in London. This Conference, convened at the initiative of the World Youth Council, which was formed during the war against fascism by the youth of the allied countries, brought together for the first time in the history of the international youth movement representatives of more than 30 million young people of different political persuasions and religious beliefs, of 63 nations.

The World Youth Conference founded the WFDY. It adopted a pledge for peace and the constitution of WFDY.