Australia, July 11th 2006 - After a journey of over 18,000 km around Australia, a Peace Boomerang has completed its journey spreading the message of peace and unity in the lead up to Scouting's Centenary.

Celebrated on the 20th June, this year's World Refugee Day will focus on the theme "Hope", which was chosen to highlight the continuing efforts of UNHCR and its partners to find lasting solutions for millions of refugees and displaced people worldwide.

WOSM is proud to be participating in the World Day Against Child Labour activities this Monday 12th June 2006.

Shana McElroy Muland, WOSM representative to the UN in New York City was amongst the group of young people who re-convened in NYC from May 23rd-26th to provide input for child-friendly materials and report for the United Nations Study on Violence against Children.

This year the Alliance of Youth CEOs is celebrating its 10 anniversary. The Alliance, which represents the widest component of organised youth movements in the world, aims to raise international awareness on youth issues through its advocacy work.

Some improvements were uploaded last week on scout.org. Based on the consultation process which started last December, and after having analysed the questionnaire results we received at the Central Office, we have been working on a new version of the website. The new scout.org consists of the same content but tries to offer a more user-friendly interface.

Scouts from El Salvador, Hong Kong, Ireland, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia and South Africa were brought together recently to analyse their Gifts for Peace projects in order to share their learning and success with others.

Residents of the Indonesian City of Yogyakarta on the island of Java were jarred awake early in the morning on Saturday, May 27, 2006, by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake.

May 17, 2006 - Rhys Jones, a Network Scout from Hampshire today successfully reached the summit of Everest, the world highest mountain. In climbing Everest Rhys becomes the youngest ever person ever to climb all seven of the highest peaks on each of the worlds continents.

Since he was young, Jean-Michel Chalon, alias Jean-Mi, dreamed of adventures and travel. On May 7th, after cycling 9300km in 127 days, this 36 years old Scout won a bet which started between him and a friend from Scouts et Guides de France: to tour the Mediterranean ... by bicycle!