Asia-Pacific News

Rafe Lucado, 2nd. Vice-Chairman of the Interamerican Scout Committee; Ralf Dillmann, Director of the Adults in Scouting and Raul Sanchez Vaca, Regional Director World Scout Bureau Interamerican Region, met Tuesday December 1st at the Regional Office...

The first set of Conference Circulars for the 22nd European Scout Conference, held in the framework of the 15th European Guide and Scout Conference has now been released and is available in the intranet section of this website. ‪

This week, nearly 150 world leaders from over 195 countries are gathered at COP21, in Paris, to talk about the environment and address climate change issues. Relevant and important decisions are being discussed and some are progressing, but the most...

‪World Scouting‬ highly appreciates the time, energy and skills that volunteers have dedicated to the Scout Movement. What are some of the values that you appreciate most in your local ‪Scout‬ volunteers? ‪

The 24th World Scout Jamboree will gather the world’s youth from more than 160 Scouting organizations. IRVING, TEXAS — November 24, 2015 — Martin “Marty” Walsh has been chosen as the executive director of the 2019 World Scout Jamboree. The 24th World...

The Conference of Youth (COY) and the Conference of Parties (COP) is currently taking place in Paris this week. Since 2009, World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) has been actively participating in the conferences on climate change issues...

The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) today mourns the demise of a dear friend and Scout, Kim Kyu Young, former Regional Director of the World Scout Bureau Asia-Pacific Region. A Bronze Wolf holder, Kim dedicated two decades of his life...

“Scout is synonymous with a good deed a day. And we hope that when we go out there we can inspire people around us. All our fellow Singaporeans will continue to do so”, shared by Desmond Chong, Camp Chief of the SG50 Singapore International Jamboree...

The Conference of Youth (COY) and the Conference of Parties (COP) will be taking place from 26 November to 11 December, in Paris. Happening for the 11th year, COY is a conference for young people involved in climate change issues. COY is held just...

Nearly two years after his first visit in Tacloban city to personally see the devastation caused by Super Typhoon Haiyan, His Majesty The King of Sweden, King Carl XVI Gustaf revisited the place on 21 November 2015, and was impressed by the...

The region of South Kordofan has been suffering since a long time of both political and social conflicts, where the demographics of this area is a mixture of Arabs and Africans, and who wrangled over pasture and agriculture. That was the main point...

20 November marks the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, in 1959, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, in 1989. 

Scouting has always been taking responsibility to provide children...

The Jamboree includes a wide and varied programme based on the theme of “Leap into Adventure”. AJ 2016 will feature both onsite and offsite social and physical activities which will provide a chance for Scouts and Leaders to explore the numerous...