World Scouting
João Armando Gonçalves, member of the World Scout Committee, in his welcome speech, applauded the participants and their National Scout Organizations for making the 12th World Scout Youth Forum, the biggest ever to date. “Your participation in this...
“Over the last triennium, the Youth Advisors had the opportunity to participate in the meetings of the World Scout Committee, served as members of several key world-level working groups, task forces and sub-committees. At each of these meetings, the...
After each World Scout Conference, the World Scout Committee develops a Triennial Plan based on resolutions adopted at the Conference and other ongoing projects. For the 2011-2014 triennium, the four Priority Areas have been: 21st Century Leadership...
Dear Colleagues; Dear Friends: It greatly saddens me to hear the tragic news of Malaysia Airlines flight MH#017 which crashed in eastern Ukraine enroute from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur in the early hours today. Our deepest condolences go to the...
The winner of the JOTA-JOTI logo contest for 2014 is Taufik Umar Prayoga from Indonesia. This design will form the basis of the official badge for JOTA-JOTI 2014. Other entries can be seen here: http://www.scout.org/jota-joti-logo-contest-2014-stage1...
For two decades, the Great Lakes region (Rwanda, Burundi, Eastern DR Congo) has suffered from a series of conflicts resulting in regional and national instability. Poverty, environmental problems, violence and social marginalisation affect especially...
Greetings have been pouring in from well-wishers around the world in relation to the opening of the new World Scout Bureau Office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Below are a selection: "The 18th of June 2014 , thanks to the generous support of the...
Today the World Scout Bureau opened its new office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. These are the words I shared with our guests at the Grand Opening: - The Honourable Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak, Prime Minister of Malaysia - Simon Rhee...
Each year on 12th June, people around the world join hands to mark the World Day Against Child Labour. As I write, 168 million girls and boys are still engaged in child labour, 85 million of them in hazardous work. For several years now, the...
Hon. Chung Ui Hwa, Honorary President of the World Scout Parliamentary Union (WSPU) has been appointed as the Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea. Dr. Chung Ui Hwa joined Scouting in the 1960’s, when he was in middle school. As...