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[[Image:WAGGGSAsiaPacificMap-World.png|thumb|Jurisdiction of the WAGGGS-Asia Pacific Region; the countries with no Guiding organization, and those outside the Region, are in grey]] | [[Image:WAGGGSAsiaPacificMap-World.png|thumb|Jurisdiction of the WAGGGS-Asia Pacific Region; the countries with no Guiding organization, and those outside the Region, are in grey]] | ||
The '''WAGGGS-Asia Pacific Region''' is the divisional office of the [[World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts]], headquartered in [[Makati City]], | The '''WAGGGS-Asia Pacific Region''' is the divisional office of the [[World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts]], headquartered in [[Makati City]], Philippines; Australia; and Japan. The WAGGGS-Asia Pacific Region services [[Guiding]] in the land area of Asia south of Russia-in-Asia and the bulk of the Pacific Basin. | ||
All the formerly communist states of [[Central Asia]] and the Soviet Union have developed or are developing Guiding in the wake of the renaissance in the region. For several years, communism repressed Guiding in [[Afghanistan]], where it has newly returned, as well as in [[Mongolia]], which had been the first Soviet satellite state since 1924. | All the formerly communist states of [[Central Asia]] and the Soviet Union have developed or are developing Guiding in the wake of the renaissance in the region. For several years, communism repressed Guiding in [[Afghanistan]], where it has newly returned, as well as in [[Mongolia]], which had been the first Soviet satellite state since 1924. | ||
