Taiwan, May 05, 2006 - Venerable Master Hsing Yun, founder of the Fo Guang Shan temple, this morning welcomed the participants of the 2nd World Scout Interreligious Symposium.

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.

Всемирное Скаутское Бюро, Женева, 5 апреля 2006 г. – Генеральный Секретарь ВОСД согласно решению Арабского Скаутского Комитета сообщил, что назначен новый Директор Всемирного Скаутского Бюро - Арабского Регионального Бюро. Им стал Dr. Atif Abdelmageed Abdelrahman Ahmed, родом из Судана.

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.

Staff at the Central Office of the World Scout Bureau celebrated Founder's Day with a short ceremony also attended by Lydia Mutare from The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts.

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.