Association of Scouts of Azerbaijan

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The Association of Scouts of Azerbaijan (Azeri Azərbaycan Skaut Assosiasiyasi; Russian Ассоциация Скаутов Азербайджана), the national Scouting organization of Azerbaijan, was founded in 1997, and became the 150th member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement on August 20, 2000. The coeducational Azərbaycan Skaut Assosiasiyasi has 1,356 members as of 2008.cite web |title=Triennial Report 2005-2008 |url=http://scout.org/en/content/download/11615/94838/file/Triennial_Report_EN.pdf |publisher=World Organization of the Scout Movement |accessdate=2008-07-13]

As of 2004, there are 1,356 registered Scouts and leaders. Half of the registered Scouts live in the capital city of Baku. The remainder is spread throughout the countryside. Scouts of Azerbaijan participated in the 1998-1999 World Scout Jamboree in Chile, as well as several regional National Jamborees, and the second Eurasian Scout Conference, held in Baku in September, 2004.

The Scout Motto is "Daima Hazır", "Be Prepared" in Azeri. The Azeri noun for a single Scout is "Skaut".

The Membership badge incorporates the colors of the flag of Azerbaijan.

couting in Nagorno-Karabakh

* or to "Azərbaycan Skaut Assosiasiyasi".

Girl Guiding

Although Azerbaijan does have a Girl Guiding organization, the "Association of Azerbaijan Girl Guides" work towards World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts membership recognition remains unclear. Both the Guides and the Association of Scouts of Azerbaijan are members of the National Assembly of Youth Organizations of the Republic of Azerbaijan (NAYORA).

References

External links

* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scoutsazerbaijan/ Yahoo group for Scouting in Azerbaijan]
*http://www.girlscouts.org/who_we_are/global/overseas/usagos_resource_bulletin_spring2006.pdf
*http://www.nayora.az/members.html
*http://www.aworc.org/bpfa/res/crep/az00001.html