Colombo International Book Fair 2012 in Srilanka from 18th to 26th September @ BMICH

 Are you looking to buy 'SCOUTING MAGAZINE - SRI LANKA' for your personal reading or for your library, here is change again; in the month of September, The Colombo international Book fair 2012 have been organized at BMICH, Colombo Srilanka from 18th September to 26th September 2012.

Buy your reference book at Book Fair special Outlets. 

The 14 annual Colombo International Book Fair of year 2010 will be held at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH) from the 18th to the 26th of September. The exhibition will be open from 9.00 a.m. to 9.00 p.m.
The organizers say there will be a total of 410 stalls of local and foreign books this year. Around 120 publishing companies will participate in the fair.The Fair that commenced 13 years ago with 34 stalls at the Arts Theatre in Colombo has grown to a gigantic book exhibition and fair that attracts not only local publishers but international publishers as well. It is probably the biggest book exhibition in South Asia.

 This time there will be 410 stalls out of which 40 are for international publishers from India, Japan, Malaysia, the UK and Singapore.It has attracted direct participation by exhibitors from the UK, USA, Australia, India, Singapore, Germany and Malaysia. Additionally, books from the Netherlands, Hong Kong and Japan will also be on sale.
All leading local publishers of Sinhala and Tamil books have also taken stalls at the Fair.

The public can meet writers and publishers at ‘Guru Gedera’, the structure that creates the splendor of an ancestral home of teachers that has been constructed in the exhibition complex. The budding writers too may get the opportunity to meet many publishers here. There will be discounts for books ranging from 5% to 70%.

The Indian High Commissioner in Sri Lanka Nirupama Rao will officiate as Chief Guest at the opening of the Fair On September 10. Dr. Tara De Mel, Secretary to the Ministry of Education and eminent author Cyril C. Perera will grace the occasion as guests of honour. The best performers at the Year 5 scholarship examinations from every province have been invited to the inauguration.

A highlight of the book fair will be the screening of 'Sulanga Enu Pinisa' the Sinhala movie that won honours at Cannes this year. A series of book-related events including new book launches, autograph signing sessions by authors and seminars will take place over the nine days of the exhibition.
Students from leading Colombo schools will put on performances during the day, while university students will do likewise in the evenings.

Visitors will also have opportunities to win valuable books at hourly raffle draws and benefit from special bargain offers, discounts and one-time offers that will only be available at the Fair.

As in other years, the organisers have arranged free shuttle bus services from Borella and the Town Hall to the BMICH.

Visitors who arrive by car will have the services of a shuttle bus from the car parks to the exhibition halls. Ample covered outdoor seating, refreshment outlets, free drinking water and printed stall plans have also been organised for the benefit of visitors.


The CIBF's annual project in collaboration with Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation to start libraries in 10 rural schools with books collected at each fair will be continued this year, organisers said. Additionally, on an initiative by the Ministry of Education, arrangements have been made for principals and teachers of all National and Navodya schools numbering over 500 islandwide to visit the fair this year to make their annual library purchases.

“ A book is something you can take to bed with and fall asleep with without any safety concerns unlike electronic equipments. A book can always be lent to someone and I think a book case is something that is treasured in most homes.” However with the advancement of technology, publishers will have to put in more effort to promote books in the future. “When the television was first introduced people said that was the end of newspapers. However there was more effort from newspapers and there was an adaptation taking place. The same could be expected from books.”

First Scout To Walk On The Moon, Passes Away

Neil Armstrong has died, a little over a month after the 43rd anniversary of his exploit, and a few days after his 82nd birthday. he could not reject his fame, nor did he exploit it. A true hero, That event was one of the few that really held my attention that summer of 1969. The counter-cultural revolution had begun in 1968 in France, and college campuses all over America were hotbeds of political activity, often anti-American in nature. And then this man, and his team, and the men of NASA gave America a reason to be proud and a sense of destiny. 

First Scout To Walk On The Moon, Passes Away

Neil Armstrong, the American astronaut who made “one giant leap for mankind” when he became the first man to walk on the moon, died Saturday. He was 82.

“We are heartbroken to share the news that Neil Armstrong has passed away following complications resulting from cardiovascular procedures,” Armstrong’s family said in a statement.

 Armstrong underwent heart surgery this month.

“While we mourn the loss of a very good man, we als

o celebrate his remarkable life and hope that it serves as an example to young people around the world to work hard to make their dreams come true, to be willing to explore and push the limits, and to selflessly serve a cause greater than themselves,” his family said.

Armstrong died Saturday in Cincinnati, Ohio, according to a NASA spokesman. The agency’s administrator put the death in perspective.

“As long as there are history books, Neil Armstrong will be included in them,” said Charles Bolden. “As we enter this next era of space exploration, we do so standing on the shoulders of Neil Armstrong. We mourn the passing of a friend, fellow astronaut and true American hero.”

Armstrong took two trips into space. He made his first journey in 1966 as commander of the Gemini 8 mission, which nearly ended in disaster.

Armstrong kept his cool and brought the spacecraft home safely after a thruster rocket malfunctioned and caused it to spin wildly out of control.

During his next space trip in July 1969, Armstrong and fellow astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins blasted off in Apollo 11 on a nearly 250,000-mile journey to the moon that went down in the history books.

It took them four days to reach their destination.

The world watched and waited as the lunar module “Eagle” separated from the command module and began its descent.

Then came the words from Armstrong: “Tranquility Base here, the Eagle has landed.”

About six and a half hours later at 10:56 p.m. ET on July 20, 1969, Armstrong, at age 38, became the first person to set foot on the moon.

He uttered the now-famous phrase: “That’s one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind.”

The quote was originally recorded without the “a,” which was picked up by voice recognition software many years later.

Armstrong was on the moon’s surface for two hours and 32 minutes and Aldrin, who followed him, spent about 15 minutes less than that.

The two astronauts set up an American flag, scooped up moon rocks and set up scientific experiments before returning to the main spacecraft.

All three returned home to a hero’s welcome, and none ever returned to space.

The moon landing was a major victory for the United States, which at the height of the Cold War in 1961 committed itself to landing a man on the moon and returning him safely before the decade was out.

It was also a defining moment for the world. The launch and landing were broadcast on live TV and countless people watched in amazement as Armstrong walked on the moon.

“I remember very clearly being an 8-year-old kid and watching the TV … I remember even as a kid thinking, ‘Wow, the world just changed,’” said astronaut Leroy Chiao. “And then hours later watching Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin take the very first step of any humans on another planetary body. That kind of flipped the switch for me in my head. I said, ‘That’s what I want to do, I want to be an astronaut.’”

Tributes to Armstrong — who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969, the highest award offered to a U.S. civilian — poured in as word of his death spread.

“Neil was among the greatest of American heroes — not just of his time, but of all time,” said President Barack Obama. “When he and his fellow crew members lifted off aboard Apollo 11 in 1969, they carried with them the aspirations of an entire nation. They set out to show the world that the American spirit can see beyond what seems unimaginable — that with enough drive and ingenuity, anything is possible.”

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said the former astronaut “today takes his place in the hall of heroes. With courage unmeasured and unbounded love for his country, he walked where man had never walked before. The moon will miss its first son of earth.”

House Speaker John Boehner, from Ohio, said: “A true hero has returned to the Heavens to which he once flew. Neil Armstrong blazed trails not just for America, but for all of mankind. He inspired generations of boys and girls worldwide not just through his monumental feat, but with the humility and grace with which he carried himself to the end.”

Armstrong was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio, on August 5, 1930. He was interested in flying even as a young boy, earning his pilot’s license at age 16.

Armstrong studied aeronautical engineering and earned degrees from Purdue University and University of Southern California. He served in the Navy, and flew 78 combat missions during the Korean War.

“He was the best, and I will miss him terribly,” said Collins, the Apollo 11 command module pilot.

After his historic mission to the moon, Armstrong worked for NASA, coordinating and managing the administration’s research and technology work.

In 1971, he resigned from NASA and taught engineering at the University of Cincinnati for nearly a decade.

While many people are quick to cash in on their 15 minutes of fame, Armstrong largely avoided the public spotlight and chose to lead a quiet, private life with his wife and children.

“He was really an engineer’s engineer — a modest man who was always uncomfortable in his singular role as the first person to set foot on the moon. He understood and appreciated the historic consequences of it and yet was never fully willing to embrace it. He was modest to the point of reclusive. You could call him the J.D. Salinger of the astronaut corps,” said Miles O’Brien, an aviation expert with PBS’ Newshour, formerly of CNN.

“He was a quiet, engaging, wonderful from the Midwest kind of guy. … But when it came to the public exposure that was associated with this amazing accomplishment … he ran from it. And part of it was he felt as if this was an accomplishment of many thousands of people. And it was. He took the lion’s share of the credit and he felt uncomfortable with that,” said O’Brien.

But Armstrong always recognized — in a humble manner — the importance of what he had accomplished.

“Looking back, we were really very privileged to live in that thin slice of history where we changed how man looks at himself and what he might become and where he might go,” Armstrong said.

Create Ur own Our Call sign

In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign (also known as a call name or call letters—and historically as a call signal—or abbreviated as a call) is a unique designation for a transmitting station. In North America^[1] they are used as names for broadcasting stations. A call sign can be formally assigned by a government agency, informally adopted by individuals or organizations, or even cryptographically encoded to disguise a station's identity.

The use of call signs as unique identifiers dates to the landline railroad telegraph system. Because there was only one telegraph line linking all railroad stations, there needed to be a way to address each one when sending a telegram. In order to save time, two letter identifiers were adopted for this purpose. This pattern continued in radiotelegraph operation; radio companies initially assigned two-letter identifiers to coastal stations and stations aboard ships at sea. These were not globally unique, so a one-letter company identifier (for instance, 'M' and two letters as a Marconi Station) was later added. By 1912, the need to quickly identify stations operated by multiple companies in multiple nations required an international standard; an ITU prefix would be used to identify a country, and the rest of the call sign an individual station in that country. Call signs are also used for air traffic control communication with airplanes and manned spacecraft.

  

Ham Radio Maps

Whilst surfing around on the Internet, I soon noticed a lack of maps for hams, so decided to correct this by producing a set of my own that were easy to read, big enough to be useful, quick to download, and consistent in style and format.

Prefix Maps

If you are looking for Amateur Radio Prefix Maps, you have come to the right place! There's so many Ham Radio Prefix maps on this site that they have their own introduction page - click here to see it.

Listed below are 38 of the most comprehensive Ham Prefix Maps anywhere on the internet. And here's the best part: They are all absolutely free!! Help yourself to which ever ones you need. These prefix maps are extracted from the Global Overlay Mapper suite so if you like what you see, take a look at the Global Overlay Mapper demonstration, which includes Amateur Radio Prefixes plus much, much more.

 CQ Zones of the World Map

ITU Zones Map

Ham Continents of the World Map

 ITU Regions Map

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Scouting Magazine call sign

4S7SMN

Long : 79.9454 E (79° 56' 43'' E) | Lat : 6.8508 N (6° 51' 3'' N)

QTH locator : MJ96XU 
 

To find your QTH locator : http://f6fvy.free.fr/qthLocator/

 

it's Duncan Campbell The Guardian, Friday January 11 2008.

On my honour I promise that I will do my best—
To do my duty to God and the King (or to God and my Country)
To help other people at all times and
To obey the Scout Law.

"I was just living up to Scout motto" says boy who saved president's life. I was just living up to Scout motto, says boy who saved president's life.

Maldives president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom on Tuesday survived an attempt on his life when a teenage boy scout stopped a youth from stabbing him as he was mingling with a crowd in the north of the Indian Ocean archipelago.
The attacker, a 20-year-old wielding a knife, jumped out of a crowd that gathered to welcome the president on his arrival at North Thiladhunmathi atoll in Hoarafushi islet and tried to stab Gayoom in his stomach.
However, a 15-year-old boy scout, Mohamed Jaisham, grabbed the youth and wrestled with him before the attacker was captured, officials said.
"An unidentified man attempted to attack the President with a knife today," a statement from the President's Office in the capital Male said. "The President escaped this serious attack without any harm. However, a boy scout was injured in the incident," the statement said.

Mr. Mohamed Jaisham Received a Gold Medal by President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom

A Scout who saved the president of the Maldives from an assassination attempt said that he had merely been putting into practice the organisation's motto to "be prepared".
Mohamed Jaisham, 15, said yesterday that his Scout training had helped him prevent a man from stabbing President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom with a kitchen knife at a political rally on Tuesday.

Jaisham, who is recovering in hospital after his hand was injured during the attack, told news agencies that he had spotted a man clutching a knife as the president met supporters on the island of Hoarafushi, in the far north of the chain of islands in the Indian Ocean.

"I saw the knife because he was yelling Allahu Akbar [God is Greatest]," said Mohamed, who was wearing his Scout uniform at the time of the attack. "I wanted to catch the knife, but he moved very quickly. I stopped it with my left hand and was cut."

He added: "The Scout motto is 'be prepared', and at that time I was prepared. It helped me so much. It's my training. I wear a Scout's uniform and I wanted to save my president." He hopes to become a police officer when he has completed his education.

Gayoom, 70, who is the Chief Scout of the Maldives, was not injured and has since thanked the teenager personally, crediting him and "almighty Allah" with saving his life.

Flowers beside Mohamed's bed at the Gandhi memorial hospital in the capital, Male, were sent by the president.

A local newspaper, Minivan, named the alleged attacker yesterday as Mohamed Murushid, 20, and said that "mixed messages" had emerged about a motive.

Gayoom has ruled the islands autocratically for 30 years and has come under increasing pressure to introduce full democracy.

Elections are due this year but opposition activists question whether they will be full and fair.

The newspaper quoted a family member as saying that the arrested man had suffered a head injury as a child and had once stabbed himself in the thigh. Four men who attended the same mosque as Murushid, who is unemployed, were also detained yesterday.

There have been reports of growing Islamist militancy on the islands but there is no evidence of any organisation being involved in the attack.

"He was not well behaved," a former teacher of the alleged assailant claimed, recalling "one occasion where Mohamed tried to beat the principal ... [he was] always disturbing teachers, and causing mischief with other students."

Family members have expressed concern about Murushid's condition while in detention as the national police have a record of human rights abuses.

The opposition Maldivian Democratic party (MDP) spoke out against the attack yesterday. "I cannot condemn his anger but I condemn his act," the MDP chairman, Mohamed Nasheed, said.

The New Maldives movement and Islamic Democratic party have also condemned the attack, as has the exile group Friends of the Maldives, which is campaigning for full democracy.

The MDP claimed in a press release yesterday that the police were unable to do their job because they were used "to protect one man, one family, one party".

The party suggested that such attacks were not properly investigated but blamed on opposition groups without any evidence.

Last September 12 tourists were injured by a bomb in a park in Male. The blast and the latest attack are seen as damaging to the country's image as an upmarket holiday resort.

The form of the promise has varied slightly from country to country and over time, but must fulfill the requirements of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) to qualify a National Scout Organization for membership. Together with clarifying its Scout Law, the Constitution of WOSM states:^[2]

In order to accommodate many different religions within Scouting, "God" may refer to a higher power, and is not specifically restricted to the God of the monotheistic religions. The WOSM Constitution explains "Duty to God" as "Adherence to spiritual principles, loyalty to the religion that expresses them and acceptance of the duties resulting therefrom."

External links

01. http://scout.org/information_events/news/2008/scout_saves_maldives_president_from_assassination

02. http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-01-08-scout-leader_N.htm 

02. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/president-rescuers-a-good-scout/story-e6frf7mx-1111115300231

 03. http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-01-10-2492259774_x.htm

04. http://moyameehaa.blogspot.com/2008/01/thanks-to-mohamed-jaisham-and-allah.html

05. http://www.rediff.com/news/report/male/20080108.htm

06. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-506858/Boy-Scout-saves-President-Maldives-attacker-kitchen-knife.html

07. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7178672.stm

08. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/08/world/asia/08iht-maldives.3.9080549.html?_r=1

09. http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iSwQqgfQjMkNXA8Bt7Ybo8guFfNg

10. http://news.sky.com/story/565252/scout-saves-president-of-the-maldives-from-assassination

11. http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/31142928/south-asia

12. http://scout.org/en/information_events/news/2008/scout_saves_maldives_president_from_assassination/mohamed_jaisham

LET'S  STOP DENGUE

Before You Die....Finish Your Duty !!!

During the last 3 months, 10,042 suspected dengue cases and 43 deaths have been reported to the Epidemiology Unit from all over the island. During the same period last year only 3,103 cases have been reported while there were 12,018 cases reported in 2010.

Over 50 percent of dengue cases this year, amounting to 5,094, have been reported from the most-populated Western Province. There were 2,478 dengue patients in Colombo district, 1,953 in Gampaha district and 663 in Kalutara district. Out of the 43 deaths reported so far 17 were from the Colombo district where the best heath facilities in the country are available.

Dengue fever is a fatal disease. Today the Most of Sri Lankans suffer from this. keeping Your environment clean and stop dengue. to save our beloved one’s lives.

Dengue Fever and Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever (a more severe form) are the most common mosquito-borne viral diseases in the world. Dengue Fever is an illness caused by infection with a virus transmitted by the Aedes mosquito. There are four types of this virus (serotypes 1 to 4) which can infect you. Occasionally the patient suffering from dengue may develop bleeding. Common sites for bleeding are nose, gums or skin. Sometimes, the patient may have coffee ground vomiting or black stools. This indicates bleeding in gastro intestinal tracts and it is serious. The patient with dengue who has bleeding has dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF ). Rarely the patient suffering from dengue may develop shock, then it is called dengue shock syndrome ( DSS).

Dengue Fever is spread though the bite of the Aedes Mosquito.

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THERE IS NO DRUG FOR DENGUE.
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To prevent dengue fever, you must prevent the breeding of its carrier, the Aedes mosquitoes. Aedes mosquitoes are identified by the black and white stripes on their body. You can get rid of the Aedes mosquito by frequently checking and removing stagnant water in your home.

 

WOSM statistics

There are 161 countries with internationally recognised National Scout Organizations. (The newest member country is Belarus, as of 5 September 2010.) The countries are listed below with the membership figures of the last official census:

Membership: The membership which is shown in these countries represents only the members (youth and adults) of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM), which in most countries includes boys and girls. In some countries mostly in Europe - the national organization is larger than indicated here because it includes girls who are members of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts.

Joined WOSM: The date is the most recent year that the National Scout Organization joined the World Organization of the Scout Movement. (Organizations in some countries were World Scouting members in earlier years than shown here, but Scouting was disbanded for a period of time.)

Scouting founded: This information is taken from published sources. Note that countries use different standards to define "founded". It may mean the year the first Scout group was formed, or when the national organzation was formed, or chartered, etc.
Scouting was founded on 1 August 1907, the opening of Robert Baden-Powell's experimental camp on Brownsea Island in England.



The World Organization of the Scout Movement recognizes at most one Scouting organization per country. Some countries have several organizations combined as a federation, with different component groups divided on the basis of religion (e.g., France and Denmark), ethnic identification (e.g., Israel), or language (e.g., Belgium). Canada is the only country to have two distinct recognized associations, which are divided by language.

Non-sovereign territories with independent WOSM member organizations

• Hong Kong - The Scout Association of Hong Kong: Full Member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement
• Aruba - Scouting Aruba: Associate Member of the Interamerican Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement
• French Polynesia - Conseil du Scoutisme polynésien: Associate Member of the Asia-Pacific Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement
• Macau - Associação de Escoteiros de Macau: Associate Member of the Asia-Pacific Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement
• Curaçao, Sint Maarten and the Caribbean Netherlands (former Netherlands Antilles) - Scouting Antiano: Associate Member of the Interamerican Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement

Countries and territories with Scouting run by overseas branches of WOSM member organizations

Sovereign countries 

Served by the Boy Scouts of America

• Federated States of Micronesia - Scouting in the Federated States of Micronesia - Aloha Council of the Boy Scouts of America
• Marshall Islands - Scouting in the Marshall Islands - Aloha Council of the Boy Scouts of America
• Palau - Scouting in Palau - Aloha Council of the Boy Scouts of America 
  

Served by The Scout Association (UK)

• Antigua and Barbuda - Antigua and Barbuda Branch of The Scout Association
• Saint Kitts and Nevis - The Scout Association of Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Solomon Islands - Solomon Islands branch of The Scout Association
• Tonga - Tonga branch of The Scout Association
• Tuvalu - Tuvalu Scout Association
• Vanuatu - Vanuatu branch of The Scout Association

Served by Scouts Australia

• Nauru - Scouting in Nauru

Non-sovereign territories 

Australia

• Christmas Island - Scouts Australia
• Cocos (Keeling) Islands - Scouts Australia
• Norfolk Island - Scouts Australia

Denmark

• Faroe Islands - Føroya Skótaráð
• Greenland - Grønlands Spejderkorps

France

• French Guiana - Scouting in French Guiana
• Guadeloupe and Saint Martin - Scouting in Guadeloupe et Saint Martin
• Martinique - Scouts et Guides de Martinique
• Mayotte - Scouting in Mayotte
• New Caledonia - Scouting in New Caledonia
• Réunion - Scouting on Réunion
• Saint Pierre and Miquelon - Scouting in Saint Pierre and Miquelon
• Wallis and Futuna - Scouting in Wallis and Futuna

New Zealand

• Cook Islands - Cook Islands Boy Scout Association
• Niue - Scouting New Zealand
• Tokelau - Scouting New Zealand

United Kingdom

• Anguilla - The Scout Association of Anguilla
• Bermuda - The Scout Association of Bermuda
• Cayman Islands - The Scout Association of the Cayman Islands
• Falkland Islands - Scouting and Guiding in the Falkland Islands
• Gibraltar - The Scout Association of Gibraltar
• Montserrat - The Scout Association of Montserrat
• Saint Helena and Ascension Island - Scouting and Guiding on Saint Helena and Ascension Island
• Turks and Caicos Islands - The Scout Association of the Turks and Caicos
• British Virgin Islands - The Scout Association of the British Virgin Islands

United States

• American Samoa - Scouting in American Samoa - Aloha Council of the Boy Scouts of America
• Guam - Scouting in Guam - Aloha Council of the Boy Scouts of America
• Northern Marianas Islands - Scouting in the Northern Mariana Islands - Aloha Council of the Boy Scouts of America
• Puerto Rico - Puerto Rico Council of the Boy Scouts of America
• United States Virgin Islands - Virgin Islands Council of the Boy Scouts of America

'Potential member countries' listed by WOSM

In 2008, WOSM listed 29 sovereign countries as potential members. Ten of them are overseas branches of WOSM accredited National Scout Organizations (marked by *).^[3]

• Afghanistan - Afghanistan Scout Association
• Antigua and Barbuda - Antigua and Barbuda Branch of The Scout Association*
• Central African Republic - Fédération du scoutisme centrafricain
• Republic of the Congo - Association des Scouts et Guides du Congo
• Djibouti - Association des Scouts de Djibouti
• East Timor - União Nacional dos Escuteiros de Timor Leste
• Equatorial Guinea - Scouting in Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea - National Scout Association of Eritrea
• Guinea-Bissau - Corpo Nacional de Escutas da Guiné-Bissau
• Iran - Iran Scout Organization
• Iraq - Iraq Boy Scouts and Girl Guides Council
• Kyrgyzstan - Scouting in Kyrgyzstan
• Mali - Scouting in Mali
• Marshall Islands - Scouting in the Marshall Islands*
• Federated States of Micronesia - Scouting in the Federated States of Micronesia*
• Nauru - Scouting in Nauru*
• Palau - Scouting in Palau*
• Saint Kitts and Nevis - The Scout Association of Saint Kitts and Nevis*
• Samoa - Scouting in Samoa
• São Tomé and Príncipe - Associação dos Escuteiros de São Tomé e Príncipe
• Solomon Islands - Solomon Islands branch of The Scout Association*
• Somalia - Scouting in Somalia
• Tonga - Tonga branch of The Scout Association*
• Turkmenistan - Scouting in Turkmenistan
• Tuvalu - Tuvalu Scout Association*
• Uzbekistan - Scouting in Uzbekistan
• Vanuatu - Vanuatu branch of The Scout Association*
• Vietnam - Vietnamese Scout Association

Countries with no Scouting organization

In 2008, WOSM listed six sovereign countries as without Scouting. The People's Republic of China, with assistance from the Asia-Pacific Region, now has a Scout association in its infancy, hence it has been moved to the next section.

• Andorra - Scouting in Andorra
• Burma - Burmese Scouting prior to 1962
• Cuba - Cuban Scouting prior to 1961 and in exile
• North Korea - shared history with Korea Scout Association prior to 1950
• Laos - Laotian Scouting prior to 1975 and in exile

Other status 

• Antarctica - Scouting in the Antarctic
• Kosovo - Scouting in Kosovo-partially recognized
• People's Republic of China (mainland China) - Scouting in Mainland China
• Somaliland - Scouting in Somaliland-self-proclaimed unrecognized functional state within Somalia
• South Sudan - Scouting in South Sudan-independent July 2011, status unmentioned
• Vatican City - Scouting in the Vatican City
• Western Sahara - Scouting in Western Sahara

Author: Ray Saunders 
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