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World Organization of the Scout Movement – Triennial Report 1996-1999 Page 20 34th WORLD SCOUT CONFERENCE New members Elections and appointments Resolutionss The 34th World Scout Conference was held from 8 to 12 July 1996 at the Folkets Hus Congress Centre, in Oslo, Norway. It was hosted by the Norwegian Scout association, Norges Speiderforbund, and was attended by 1,026 participants from 108 countries. Looking Wider was theme of the Conference, based on a quotation from Scouting’s Founder Robert Baden-Powell. The Strategy for Scouting was the focus of the conference, as it was at World Scout Conferences in 1990 and 1993.In Oslo, new emphasis was placed on the mission of Scouting, as a leitmotif which should permeate the entire Strategy, to give it more substance and better clarity. Two full-day commissions examined the mission-related questions of Scouting for what? Scouting for whom?. The World Scout Committee appointed the following conference officers: Neil M. Westaway (Australia) as Chairman and Bertil Tunje (Sweden) and John R. Donnell, Jr. (USA) as Vice-Chairmen.s Nine countries were recognized as new members of WOSM: Czech Republic(1996), Estonia (1996), Latvia (1993), Mongolia (1994), Niger (1996), Palestinian Scout Association (1996), Poland(1996) Slovenia (1994), and Yugoslavia (1995).s Six members of the World Committee completed their terms of office: Neil M. Westaway (Australia), Bertil Tunje (Sweden), Garth Morrison (UK), Jean-Luc De Paepe (Belgium), Kun-Bae Park (Korea) and Mostafa Salem (Libya). All served six-year terms, except Garth Morrison who had been elected in Bangkok to serve a three year term created by a vacancy. During the conference, six people were elected to the World Committee: Garnet de la Hunt (South Africa), Stein Løvold (Norway), Patrick Lyon d’Andrimont (Chile), Garth Morrison (UK), Dr. Abdullah Omar Nasseef (Saudi Arabia) and Constantinos Tsantilis (Greece)s The conference adopted 14 business resolutions on the following subjects: 1) Palestinian Scout Association, 2) new registration fee system, 3) Strategy for Scouting, 4) 6th World Youth Forum, 5) females and males in WOSM, 6) Scout and Guide national organizations, 7) the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, 8) organizations of Scouts in exile, 9) the Marrakech Charter,10) inter-religious dialogue, 11) costs of world events, 12) leprosy, 13) education for peace, and 14) the 90th anniversary of Scouting.s The conference voted to accept the invitation of Mexico to host the 11th World Scout Moot in 2000. Invitations were accepted from Greece to host the 36th World Scout Conference in 2002, and from Thailand to host the 20th World Scout Jamboree in 2002/2003.s The World Scout Committee elected Frankie Roman (Philippines) as Chairman, and John R. Donnell, Jr. (USA) Vice-Chairman, Support; and Jocelyne Gendrin (France) as Vice-Chairman, Educational Methods. Pierre de Morsier (Switzerland) remained Treasurer, and Olivier Mach (Switzerland) remained Legal Advisor. Mostafa Salem (Libya) became the new Chairman of the Programme Committee, replacing Lars Kolind (Denmark). Christos Lygeros (Greece) became Chairman of the Programme Committee, replacing Jocelyne Gendrin (France). The following continued as Chairmen: John Beresford (UK), Constitutions Committee; Dimitri “Rann” Alexatos (Greece), Honours and Awards Committee; and Bertil Tunje (Sweden), Strategy Task Force. Neil Westaway (Australia) became Chairman of Scout Resources International (SCORE), replacing Kun-Bae Park (Korea) who remains a member of the board. Oslo, Norway July 1996 Event invitations World Committee elections
