2006
Taïwan, 05 Mai 2006 - Le Vénérable Maître Hsing Yun, fondateur du temple Fo Guang Shan, a accueilli ce matin les participants du 2e Symposiun Interreligieux Scout Mondial.
April 26, 2006 - Today marks the 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster. On this day in 1986 an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Pripyat, Ukraine (formerly a part of the USSR) caused what is known as the worst disaster in the history of nuclear power.
Asturias, Spain 18 April 2006 Easter has ended tragically for a group of Scouts in Spain with a bus accident claiming the lives of three Scouts and one Scout leader on Sunday night.
Geneva, World Scout Bureau, 5 April 2006 - The Secretary General, in agreement with the Arab Regional Scout Committee, appointed a new Regional Director for the World Scout Bureau - Arab Regional Office, Dr. Atif Abdelmageed Abdelrahman Ahmed, 43, from Sudan.
Last Saturday, 18 March 2006 - Ten young Scouts and a Scout Leader were tragically killed in the region of Caldas, Colombia during a freak landslide that was caused by heavy rains in the mountains surrounding their campsite. The regional capital, Manizales, is a popular tourist destination and is nearby the active volcano Nevado del Ruiz, and to where the Scouts were camping when the disaster occurred.
Major (Rtd) Kinuthia Murugu, 44, Regional Director, World Scout Bureau-Africa Regional Office in Nairobi, has been appointed by H. E. Mwai Kibaki, The President of the Republic of Kenya, to the position of Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Youth Affairs of Kenya.
A l'occasion de la Journée du Fondateur, une courte cérémonie s'est tenue le 22 février au siège du Bureau Mondial du Scoutisme à Genève, réunissant les personnes travaillant pour le Mouvement.
Jubail, Saudi Arabia- 1500 Rover Scouts are participating in the World's 1st Scouting Encampment for Civilization Recognition and Culture Exchange, under the slogan "Together for Peace".
World Scouting leaders had an exciting year end in the Asia- Pacific Region! World Scout Committee Chairman Herman Hui, WOSM Secretary General Eduardo Missoni, Regional Chairman Eric Khoo and other World an Regional Committee members all gathered in Thailand on the occasion of the 25th Asia Pacific Regional Scout Jamboree.
This Friday 7th April 2006 is World Health Day. The objective of World Health Day is to raise global awareness of a specific health theme and highlight a priority area of concern for the World Health Organization (WHO) – with whom World Scouting has held Consultative Status since 1987 and joined in a Memorandum of Understanding in 1997.
