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13 April 2011, Taipei -- The two-day meeting of the Asia-Pacific Region Management Sub Committee begins today in Taipei to review their achievements based largely on the Asia-Pacific Regional Plan for the past 18 months and to set directions for the...

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Sunday, 27th March – Geneva, Switzerland The lights at the World Scout Bureau were off Saturday night – March 26th, as people gathered around candlelight. However, the ambient darkness was not the consequence of a power failure. Indeed, it was in...

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Today, on this 8th March 2011, we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the International Women's Day. This special day is a yearly commemoration and a major day of global celebration of women. This year's theme is "Equal access to education, training...

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"The chaos that has engulfed Libya in the last few weeks has sent ripple effects throughout the society. One unexpected group has been called up to fill gaps that no one could have anticipated. The Boy Scouts of Libya, around 3,500 in the town of...

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Regardless the weather conditions and the treadmill of the working days, scouts from Moldova celebrated on the February 22nd, the Thinking Day as a tribute to Sir Baden Powell and Lady Olave’s birth. The dedication to the Founders of the World...

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19 young leaders from 10 NSOs of Europe (Estonia, Lithuania, and Romania) and Eurasian (Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Republic of Moldova, Russian Federation, Ukraine) countries participated in the Study Session – joint project of Europe and...

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Today, the 5th of January 2011, the new Youth Advisors of the World Scout Committee 2011-2014 have been elected: Ms. Sarah Rita Kattan, Lebanon Ms. Doina Postica, Moldova Mr. Felipe de Paulo, Brazil Mr. Esben Holager, Denmark Mr. Muath Zmaili, Jordan...

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Monday January 3rd 2011, will mark the beginning of the World Organization of the Scout Movement’s 11th World Scout Youth Forum. Taking place in Blumenau, Brazil from the 3rd – 6th of January this is one of the very first world Scout events of the...

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inBox is the eNewsletter of the Asia-Pacific Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement. It is published monthly by the Asia-Pacific Regional Office of the World Scout Bureau and has four main parts, namely: What's new; What's going on...

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The environment is our playground and we are sharing with the tens of thousands of international non-governmental and governmental delegates at the event how scouting has always cared for the planet, not because we had to, but rather, simply that we...

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Every minute, 8 people around the world flee their homes to escape conflict or persecution. To raise awareness about this issue, UNHCR is launching their #add1voice community action application on Facebook and Twitter on Thursday, November 24th....

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Rarely before has the Scout motto "Be prepared" been so timely. Just one week after the JOTA-JOTI, a 7.2 earthquake struck Eastern Turkey. It was the most powerful earthquake to hit the country in ten years. One of the themes of this year's JOTA-JOTI...

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The thirteenth of October is UN International Day for Disaster Reduction. Its theme for this year is “Making Children and Young People Partners for Disaster Risk Reduction”. From its inception, Scouting around the world has engaged itself in helping...

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