The World Youth Alliance (WYA) is an international, non-governmental, non-profit youth organization which works to promote the dignity of the person at the international and grassroots level. World Youth Alliance works to build solidarity between developed and developing nations. In 1999, the World Youth Alliance was founded in New York City at the United Nations.
World Youth Alliance recognizes that the intrinsic dignity of the person is the foundation of every human right and that dignity is independent of any individual condition and therefore no human community can grant or rescind dignity. The charter of WYA states that authentic development of society can occur "only in a culture that fosters integral human development - characterized by physical, spiritual, mental, and emotional growth, in a climate of respect for the human person and the family."
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