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[[Image:WAGGGS-WOSMWestHemMap-World.png|thumb|Member countries of the InterAmerican Scout Region, note several Pacific island chains are linked to the IASR through mainland political ties]] | [[Image:WAGGGS-WOSMWestHemMap-World.png|thumb|Member countries of the InterAmerican Scout Region, note several Pacific island chains are linked to the IASR through mainland political ties]] | ||
The '''Interamerican Region''' is the divisional office of the World Scout Bureau of the [[World Organization of the Scout Movement]], headquartered in [[Santiago, Chile]]. The InterAmerican Region services [[Scouting]] in the Western Hemisphere, both [[North America|North]] and [[South America]]. Until the 1960s, the Region serviced only Mexico, Central and South America, with [[Canada]] and the | The '''Interamerican Region''' is the divisional office of the World Scout Bureau of the [[World Organization of the Scout Movement]], headquartered in [[Santiago, Chile]]. The InterAmerican Region services [[Scouting]] in the Western Hemisphere, both [[North America|North]] and [[South America]]. Until the 1960s, the Region serviced only Mexico, Central and South America, with [[Canada]] and the United States serviced through the then-named "Boy Scouts International Bureau" in [[Ottawa, Canada]]. Even today, the Interamerican Region exists more for the benefit of countries south of the [[Rio Grande]], as evidenced by the website being only in Spanish; consequently, the [[Boy Scouts of America|United States]] and [[Scouts Canada|Canada]] do not participate as vigorously in regional activities as do other national organizations around the world. | ||
[[Image:badge earned in the InterAmerican Scout Region.png|left|thumb|badge earned in the InterAmerican Scout Region]] | [[Image:badge earned in the InterAmerican Scout Region.png|left|thumb|badge earned in the InterAmerican Scout Region]] | ||
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This region is the counterpart of the [[WAGGGS-Western Hemisphere Region|Western Hemisphere Region]] of the [[World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts]] (WAGGGS). | This region is the counterpart of the [[WAGGGS-Western Hemisphere Region|Western Hemisphere Region]] of the [[World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts]] (WAGGGS). | ||
==Regional Scouts administered directly by WOSM== | == Regional Scouts administered directly by WOSM == | ||
The needs of Scout youth in unusual situations has created some interesting permutations, answerable directly to the World Scout Bureau. For years there was an active [[Boy Scouts of the United Nations]] with several troops at [[Parkway Village]] in [[New York City]], with but 14 members in 1959. Also directly registered to the World Bureau were the 900 member [[Boy Scouts of the Panama Canal Zone]]. | The needs of Scout youth in unusual situations has created some interesting permutations, answerable directly to the World Scout Bureau. For years there was an active [[Boy Scouts of the United Nations]] with several troops at [[Parkway Village]] in [[New York City]], with but 14 members in 1959. Also directly registered to the World Bureau were the 900 member [[Boy Scouts of the Panama Canal Zone]]. | ||
== External links and references== | == External links and references == | ||
* [http://www.wsb-osi.cl/ Official Homepage] | * [http://www.wsb-osi.cl/ Official Homepage] | ||
* Facts on World Scouting, Boy Scouts International Bureau, Ottawa, Canada, 1961 | * Facts on World Scouting, Boy Scouts International Bureau, Ottawa, Canada, 1961 | ||