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Geneva 20 November 2009 – On November 20th the world will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the adoption by the General Assembly of the United Nations of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). 20 Years ago in 1989 The World Organization of...

On September 20, 2009, Progressive Lebanese scouts held a graduation ceremony in El- Abadiah, Lebanon during which, eighty Lebanese women graduated from the “Women in Technology” training program. The graduation ceremony was marked by the presence of...

100 Scouts of Maur- Zurich, Switzerland, during August and September 2009, had some workshops about topics related to space and the universe. During the “Astrocamp” , 12 of them had the chance to broadcast from the Scouting house with a self equipped...

On the weekend of 17-18 October 2009, thousands of Scouts from all over the world met via air-waves and the Internet. At the World Scout Bureau radio station, the JOTA international team welcomed 50 Scouts and Guides de France and Portuguese Scouts...

This year's JOTA-JOTI Jamboree on the Air / Jamboree on the Internet will have a special World Challenge - the 'Climate Change Challenge' (C3). This is a way in which you can join with the 500,000 Scouts around the world to take action to help to...

The Danish Guide and Scout Association have taken initiative to a global project inviting Scouts from all over the world to engage in combating climate change. Most of the political world is invited to Copenhagen in Denmark to the UN Climate Change...

The first WOSM Experiential Environment Education Training Seminar has been held with much success at Fritz Emmel Haus in Germany. The seminar offered an adult leader training component to support the delivery of the World Scout Environment Programme...

Cairo, 1 September 2009- the Arab Scout Regional Office announced the sad news of passing away of Mr. Fawzi M. Farghali, the former Arab Scout Regional Director on Monday, 31/8/2009 after a long hard sickness period. Mr. Farghali was born June, 1940...

تنعى المنظمة الكشفية العربية – الإقليم الكشفى العربى القائد /فــــوزى محمود فرغلى الأمين العام للمنظمة الكشفية – المدير الإقليمى السابق . الذى وافته المنية مساء يوم الاثنين 31/8/2009،وستشيع الجنازة اليوم الثلاثاء 1/9/2009 من مسجد السيدة نفسية بعد...

Salalah-Oman August 2009 - Over 550 participants from 18 Arab nations have gathered together in Salalah under Scouting's umbrella. The occasion is this years 18th Arab Rover Moot that will be held from the 6-16th of August. The theme for this years...

Geneva, World Scout Bureau, 11 August 2009 – Every year, The United Nations celebrates the International Youth Day on the 12 of August. In 2009, the message of the intergovernmental organization is “Sustainability, our challenge, our future”. Three...

The world is being threatened by climate change and Scouts have the opportunity to have their actions recognised and their voices heard amongst the world's leaders on this important issue. In December 2009, The United Nations will hold a Climate...