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| World Organization of the Scout Movement | |||
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| Headquarters | |||
| Country | Worldwide | ||
| Founded | 1922[1][2] | ||
| Membership | |||
| Secretary General | Ahmad Alhendawi[5][6] | ||
| World Scout Committee Chairman | Edward Andrew Chapman | ||
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| Website http://www.scout.org | |||
The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM /ˈwʊzəm/) is the largest international scout organization and was established in 1922.[1][2]. It has 175 members.[3] These members are national scout organizations that founded WOSM or have subsequently been recognised by WOSM, which collectively have around 43 million participants.[4] Its operational headquarters is in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia while it is legally based in Geneva, Switzerland.
It is the counterpart of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS).[further explanation needed][citation needed]
WOSM's current stated mission is "to contribute to the education of young people, through a value system based on the Scout Promise and Scout Law, to help build a better world where people are self-fulfilled as individuals and play a constructive role in society".[7][8]
WOSM operates through conferences of representatives of its member organizations, a committee and a full-time bureau structured into regions. It is associated with three World Scout Centres. A World Scout Jamboree is held approximately every four years under its auspices and it organizes World Scout Moots for 17- to 26-year-olds and previously organized World Scout Indabas, a gathering for Scout leaders. The World Scout Foundation is a separately governed fund, supported by donations, for the development of WOSM associated programs.
WOSM is a non-governmental organization with General Consultative Status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).[9]
- ^ a b "Constitution of the World Organization of the Scout Movement" (PDF). World Organization of the Scout Movement. January 2011. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- ^ a b Colquhoun, OBE, John Frederick (1954). Running a Scout Group. London: The Boy Scouts Association. p. 198.
the first International Conference was held in Paris in '1922', when Great Britain became one of the founder-members of the world organization.
- ^ a b "Association des Scouts et Guides du Mali joins as 175th Member of World Scouting". World Organization of the Scout Movement. 9 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Final WOSM Census 2022" (PDF). 31 May 2022.
- ^ "Next Secretary General – World Organization of the Scout Movement". scout.org. Archived from the original on 16 November 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
- ^ "Alhendawi announces departure – Office of the Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth". United Nations. Archived from the original on 4 November 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
- ^ "Mission". World Organization of the Scout Movement. 2017. Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
- ^ "The Mission of Scouting". World Organization of the Scout Movement. 2007. Archived from the original on 29 June 2009. Retrieved 30 May 2007.
- ^ "WOSM and the UN". World Organization of the Scout Movement. 2016. Archived from the original on 21 June 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
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