União Nacional dos Escuteiros de Timor-Leste
| União Nacional dos Escuteiros de Timor-Leste | |||
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| Country | East Timor | ||
| Founded | December 2, 2005 | ||
| Affiliation | World Organization of the Scout Movement | ||
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The União Nacional dos Escuteiros de Timor-Leste (UNE-TL; roughly National Scout Union of East Timor, now The Scout Association of Timor-Leste) is the national Scouting organization of East Timor. It was founded on December 2, 2005 through the merger of the Corpo de Escuteiros Católicos em Timor-Leste[1] (Corps of Catholic Scouts of East Timor) and of Timor-Leste Scouting (East Timor Scouting).[2] The organization is a member of the Comunidade do Escutismo Lusófono (Community of Lusophone Scouting). It became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement on 22 June 2017.[3]
Dom Ximenes Belo, former Bishop of Dili and Nobel Peace Prize winner, is a former Scout and active in Scouting.
Sources[]
- ^ "Maria Solana da Conceição Soares Fernandes". National Parliament of the Democratic Republic of East Timor. Retrieved 2007-03-14.
- ^ "INBOX January 2006". World Organization of the Scout Movement, Asia Pacific Region. Retrieved 2007-03-14.
- ^ "The Scout Association of Timor-Leste joins WOSM". www.scout.org. Retrieved 2017-07-04.
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