WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION EB47/NGO/9

W ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTÉ 9 October 1970

EXECUTIVE BOARD

Forty-seventh Session

QUESTIONNAIRE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS 1 REQUESTING OFFICIAL RELATIONS WITH WHO

1. Name of organization

Boy Scouts World Bureau Bureau Mondial du Scoutisme

2. Address of Headquarters

Case postale 78 5 rue Pré Jerome 1211 Geneva 4 Switzerland

3. Addresses of all Branch or Regional Headquarters

The World Bureau maintains Regional Offices in Europe, Africa, the Arab World, Far East and Inter-American Regions.

Europe : M. Hugues de Rham 1 chemin des Magnolias 1005 Lausanne Switzerland

Africa : P.O. Box 3510 Lagos Nigeria

Arab : P.O. Box 2286 Damascus Syria

Far East : P.O. Box 1378 Manila Philippines

Apartado 10297 American: San José Costa Rica

Membership

(a) Total number of persons

Exceeds 12 million.

1 As provided by the applicant on 27 August 1970. EB47/NG0/7 page 744

(b) Do these persons pay directly or are the subscriptions paid by affiliated organizations?

Individual members pay fees to their local units.

International registration fees are paid annually through the registered National Associations.

5• General purposes of the organization

The general purposes and aims of the Boy Scout Movement are set out in the World Constitution.

"ARTICLE III

(i) The aim of the Boy Scout Movement is to develop good citizenship among boys by forming their character, training them in habits of observation, obedience and self-reliance; inculcating loyalty and thoughtfulness for others; teaching them services useful to the public and handicrafts useful to themselves； promoting their physical, mental and spiritual development.

(ii) The characteristic method of training the Scout is by admitting him a member of a desired, non-compulsory brotherhood which, guided by adult leadership, is increasingly self-governing in its successive age-groups; by opening to him a succession of congenial activities and achievements in a largely outdoor setting and opportunities of service to others; by putting upon him progressively increasing measures of responsibility for himself and others, so that he acquires competence, self-reliance, character, dependability and powers both of co-operation and of M leadership.

6• (a) What is the primary function of the Organization?

Through the development of specific programmes, for boys of ages from 7 to 11, from 12 to 15 and from 16 to 18, contribute to the correct individual development of the boys, offering a series of activities (group work and community life) which help to achieve self-assurance, to discover the world which surrounds us and to have interpersonal social exchange.

(b) Secondary functions

Second, we offer hygenic opportunities with the systematic practice of outdoor life programme and sports.

At the same time the Organization occasionally contributes to various sanitary campaign activities.

7• (a) Does the organization advocate any special health measures or procedures? If so, what are these?

In principle, the practice of outdoor life living, training by one's own experience, group work, are basic methodological factors which should be applied differently in accordance with the particularities of each programme and in relation to the different ages.

(b) Has the organization any special reservations as to treatment or health procedures?

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8. Can officially designated representatives speak authoritatively for the membership on matters concerned with the stated purposes of the organization?

The Chairman and members of the World Committee, the Secretary-General or other officers are authorized to speak on behalf of the organization.

Designated representatives or executive staff members are authorized to speak on behalf of the Movement at appropriate meetings.

Members of the World Sub-Committee on Extension are authorized to speak on their corresponding field, at meetings of organizations concerned with the handicapped, etc.

9. Specific interest with reference to the work of the World Health Organization

Vaccinations and child protection campaigns, nutrition, scholarity, and complementary activities, community and home hygiene. Emergency procedures.

Public Health

There are almost limitless opportunities for co-operation with preventive medicine and hygiene education. Most Cubs and young Scouts are given basic training in the rules of health. In the Philippines, Scouts have worked on ditching and drainage as part of anti- malarial campaigns. Many countries have assisted with pest control. In the rural areas of the United Arab Republic the Scouts have a fly-killing programme in the villages and farms. In Jordan they hold cleanliness weeks and put up posters in clubs and schools for this project.

Early in the 1930s Danish Scouting started the Blood Donor Corps with one hundred volunteer "contributors". To-day the director is still a and the service has 225 000 donors enrolled.

Scouts, too, can play an important role in working with public health authorities over vaccination schemes, whether as part of preventive medicine or to stem epidemic disease.

Special Schools

In Norway, Scouts raised the funds to build a school for blind and mentally deficient children. The St• George's Guild of Denmark (Association of former Scouts) has provided a holiday home for children convalescing from tuberculosis. Rovers in Germany raised the funds to build a convalescent and recreation home for crippled children, providing special equipment and suitably designed for wheel chair patients.

Let us not think that the creation of the welfare state means that there are no opportu- nities for service of this sort. Scouting in Sweden pioneered the establishment of special schools and clinics for the care of deaf and dumb children. They initiated a major national effort for the care and training of those with cerebral palsy and also worked closely with big industrial firms to run special courses for apprentices to develop their abilities.

In Ceylon the Scouts have done a great deal to develop playing fields for children and to equip them. At a leader^ course in Venezuela the "Pioneering Session" consisted of constructing apparatus at a recreation park for the children of a poor neighbourhood.

Working with other agencies

Scouts in many lands have assisted with distributing WHO publicity material concerned with preventive medicine. In several countries they have assisted WHO medical teams with campaigns against yaws. EB47/NGO/11 page 4

10. Officers

Present Officers are :

Hon. Vice-Presidents

01ave, Lady Baden-Powell, G.B.E. Great Britain Mr William D. Campbell United States of America

Chairman of the World Committee

Mr C. D. Green, O.B.E. Great Britain 1965-71

Vice-Chairman of the World Committee

Mr A. C. Delgado Philippines 1967-73

Members of the World Committee

Nai Abbai Chandavimol Thailand 1965-71 Dr Hossein Banai Iran 1967-73 Mr E. Bower Сarty Canada Co-opted Mr Moh. Aly Hafez U.A.R. 1965-71 Hon, Emmett Harmon Liberia 1969-75 Hr Sten J. Kyhle Sweden 1969-75 Mr Elias Mendoza Peru 1967-73 Mr Roy Nichols, O.B.E. Australia 1967-73 Mr Thomas J. Watson United States 1965-71 of America

Hon Treasurer

M. Laurent Dominicé Switzerland

Secretary-General

Dr Laszlo Nagy Switzerland

Paid office personnel international - 30

national approximately 5500 11. Structure

The World Conference meets every two years and elects the World Committee of twelve members in a personal capacity, each for a six-year term. The Committee elects its own Chairman and Vice-Chairman and appoints the Secretary-General of the World Bureau (see Constitution).

Frequency of meetings

CONFERENCE Periodic ordinary meetings every two years, 22nd World Conference 21-27 August 1969

COMMITTEE At least once a year. 2-4 September 1970 EB47/NGO/9 page 5

Voting: At meetings of the World Conference is by countries (Article VII). At meetings of the Committee by members.

Relations with other international organizations:

Consultative status with ECOSOC (R), UNESCO (B), UNICEF. Liaison status with FAO Member, Conference of World Organizations interested in the Handicapped. Special Relations : World Association of and Girl Scouts.

12. Finances

Annual budget 1966 US$ 2 1967 us$ 3i 1968 us$ 3 1969 us$ 5:

The Annual Accounts for period 1967-69 are attached. These include a statement of contributions from national member organizations.

13. History

Founded October 1920 as the International Bureau (name changed 1961 )• Boy Scouts Movement founded 1907-8.

14. Activities

Summaries of work are contained in the periodic biennial reports. Note that these include co-operation with various international agencies and their field projects - campaigns for hygiene, innoculation campaigns, Freedom from Hunger.

15. Publications

"World Scouting", quarterly, news and ideas magazine; English and French. "World Scouting Newsletter", monthly information bulletin; English and French.

1 16. Documentation

Constitution of the World Conference, Address List of Scout Associations Biennial Report 1967-69, including accounts 1968 Accounts 1967 Biennial Report 1965-67 "Milestones of international Scouting"

1 Held by the Secretariat