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From 24 to 27 August 2015, a historic event took place in the Africa Scout region. A record number of Scouts, some 380 from 24 countries across the region took part in the 7th Africa Scout Youth Forum in the Ggaba National Seminary just outside...
Young people from 150 countries joined hundreds of Nagasaki students at the International Youth Peace Forum that commemorated the 70-year anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombing that turned Nagasaki into a wasteland. The forum was a special programme...
The United Nations (UN) Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth, Ahmad Alhendawi, honoured the Scouts with a two-day visit to the 23rd World Scout Jamboree in Kirara-hama, Yamaguchi, Japan. The UN is an important partner of the global Scout Movement...
I am delighted to send warm greetings to brother and sister Scouts from all over the world. Congratulations on your 2015 World Scout Jamboree in Japan. I thank the organizers, 10,000 adult volunteers and Scout leaders from around the world for making...
In about two weeks, over 200 Scouts and Scouters – young people and adults from 38 countries in Sub Saharan Africa and beyond will converge in Kampala, Uganda for the 7th Africa Scout Youth Forum and the 16th Africa Scout Conference that will be held...
What does peace mean to you? What does the Spirit of Unity mean to you? Are they one and the same? Similar, perhaps; a cause-effect combination. To have peace, there needs to be unity; and when there is unity, there will be peace. In essence, unity...
The United Nations Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth, Ahmad Alhendawi, began a two-day official visit to the 23rd World Scout Jamboree in Kirara-hama, Yamaguchi, Japan today. He likened the Jamboree to the Olympics. “First, it happens every four...
On 6 August, some 150 Scouts from the National Scout Organizations (NSOs) participating in the 23rd World Scout Jamboree here will be taking part in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony. This year also marks the 70th anniversary of the nuclear...
On the occasion of the 23rd World Scout Jamboree, the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) today launched the global Scouts Go Solar project, labelled #scoutsgosolar. Aimed at raising awareness on climate change and sustainability...
During the days of June 11th to 14th the regional meeting for the Youth Programme 2015 network took place. In this meeting 21 persons took part as representatives for the 14 national scout organizations (NSO), in addition to the coordination core of...
The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) and The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Centre today launched the World Scouting – UNESCO World Heritage Recognition initiative at the 23rd...
From June 11, 2015 till June 15th took place in Panama the regional youth network meeting. With the participation of 12 different NSO’s, in total 13 participants (list below) shared together and met about 3 specific topics. The first was Youth...
Governor of Yamaguchi Prefecture, Tsugumasa Muraoka San Camp Chief, Takayasu Okushima San Distinguished Guests Dear brothers and sisters in Scouting Konbanwa… good evening! It’s hard to believe, isn’t it? After so many years of preparation and hard...
29 July 2015, Kirara-hama, Yamaguchi, Japan: After years of planning, preparation and anticipation, the 23rd World Scout Jamboree is finally unveiled in a blaze of colour and pageantry. It marks the beginning of an adventure of a lifetime for some 33...
From 11 to 14 June, was held in Panama the meeting of the Network of Adults in Scouting of the Interamerican Region. The meeting was attended by 13 representatives from 12 NSOs, the Coordination Core and staff of the World Scout Bureau -...