Archives IUSY

Period  1946-2001
Total size   45.5 m.
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History

Founded in Paris in 1946; a socialist but non-aligned organization, successor of the prewar Socialist Youth International (SYI/SJI); one of the three fraternal organizations of the Socialist International (SI); members were youth organizations of social democratic parties and some leftist student organizations; acted as a counterpart to the communist controlled World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) in Budapest and the International Union of Students (IUS) in Prague; convinced of the right of peoples to self-determination it supported liberation struggles in various countries; also involved in agitation for peace and disarmament, and in active solidarity work; in the 1950s the position of the non-European affiliates became more prominent; in the 1970s and 1980s contacts between the IUSY and the WFDY were established and gradually intensified with disarmament as a common goal; from 1954 its seat has been in Vienna.

Content

Correspondence, circulars, agenda, proceedings, resolutions and reports relating to congresses 1946-1993; correspondence, circulars, agenda, minutes and resolutions relating to the meetings of the Executive Committee 1947-1994, the Bureau and the Presidium 1946-1994; correspondence and circulars 1946-1994; reports of the General Secretariat 1947-1967; files on the European Community and the Council of Europe 1951-1991, the European Youth Centre 1971-1989, the European Youth Foundation 1974-1988, the European Youth Forum 1975-1991, the Socialist International 1947-1988, the World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) 1958-1991, the International Union of Students (IUS) 1956-1988 and other international organizations; files on the Feminist Working Group 1984-1994 and other commissions and working groups of the IUSY; files on camps, festivals, seminars and summer schools of the IUSY and other organizations 1947-1995; files on contacts with national and regional organizations in Africa, America, Asia, Australia and the Pacific, and Europe 1946-1995; files on disarmament and employment 1975-1988, human rights 1973-1989 and multinationals 1972-1975.

Additional documents from Walther (Euregionales Freizeit- und Informationswerk für Jugendarbeit e.V.) 1965-1969.

Documents relating to congresses 1996-2000, meetings of the Bureau and the Presidium 1994-1998, meetings of the IUSY Asia-Pacific Committee in Manila 1997 and the IUSY African Committee in Libreville, Gabon 1998; files on contacts with national and regional organizations in Africa, America, Asia, Australia and the Pacific and Europe 1992-1996.

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List made by Bouwe Hijma

List of accrual 2003 made by Anna Di Qual in 2011