The 7th Euro-Arab meeting took place in Tunisia from the 1st - 6th November 2006. Held every three years, the Euro-Arab meeting is a wonderful opportunity for intercultural dialogue between the regions.

Fady Malak Saad from Egypt has been recognised by the World Bank as author of one of the top one-hundred essays that addresses the issue of youth as agents of change.

The World Scouting Report was received with great enthusiasm in Africa. The Vice President of the Republic of Kenya, His Excellency Moody Awori launched the report in the presence of an audience of over 700 people. The participants included senior dignitaries from various UN agencies, other youth organisations, development agencies, government officials, Scouts and Scout leaders.

Every seat was filled in the room of the third committee of the UN General Assembly as the United Nations Secretary-General's Study on Violence against Children was launched in New York on 11th October 2006.

From Friday night, Geneva time, and throughout the weekend, an international team of Scouts operated the world station. The JOTA and the JOTI organisers came together to coordinate the global Scout network on-the-Air and on-the-Internet, for a very special weekend dedicated to communication and information technologies.

The launch of the new brand of World Scouting is accompanied by a new and improved web platform which includes multilingual functionality. This new site integrates the contents of the old WOSM website, with the six regional sites which have coexisted since Scouting entered the electronic domain.

World Scouting is proud to reveal its new brand identity, the results of a project which began in July 2004 and has culminated in the launch of this new website.

In the presence of Regina Monticone, Coordinator of the Youth Employment Network and Dr. Eduardo Missoni, Secretary General of WOSM, the first World Scouting Report made its global debut as what is hoped will be an important and informative resource for the Movement and its partners.

At a special event hosted by Alessandro Battilocchio, MEP Italy, in the presence of Ján Figeľ Member of the European Commission responsible for Education, Training, Culture and Multilingualism, the first World Scouting Report was launched in the European Parliament.

Wayne M. Perry has been unanimously co-opted by the World Scout Committee to replace Steve Fossett who, for reasons linked to his personal adventurous activities that are well known to the worldwide public, had asked to be be allowed to step down as a member of the Committee. Despite his departure from the World Committee, Steve Fossett remains very attached to the Movement, and we eagerly await news of new successful exploits.