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The National Scout Association of Belarus (Белоруская Национальная Скаутская Ассоциация, ''Belaruskaya Natsianalnaya Skautskaya Asatsiyatsia'') is one of the nationwide Scouting associations in Belarus . It was the body recognized by the World Organization Of The Scout Movement from 1998 to 2004 . HISTORY OF BELARUSKAYA NATSIANALNAYA SKAUTSKAYA ASATSIYATSIA The first Scout groups were established in Belarus in 1909 while it was part of Tsarist Russia , and disbanded by the Soviet s in 1922 . Belarusian Scouting was reborn and reorganized in 1989 . The National Organization Of Russian Scouts (NORS), based in Australia, is assisting the rebirth of Scouting in Belarus. Belarusian Scouts have regular contacts and exchanges with members of Scouts Et Guides De France and the CIS Scout associations. ''Belaruskaya Natsianalnaya Skautskaya Asatsiyatsia'', originally headquartered in Hrodna , joined the World Organization of the Scout Movement effective March 13 , 1998 as the Scout association representing Belarus. World Scouting News , March, 1998, reports "The Belarusian National Scout Association includes more than 7,500 members, both boys and girls, in three branches ranging from 8 to 17 years of age. They are spread all over the country but the majority of members come from the major cities." ::"In December 1991 , a national coordinating committee was set up under the aegis of WOSM in order to promote the unification of the various Scout Associations which appeared in different parts of the country. Scouting grew steadily with support from the Christian Orthodox and Catholic Church es, as well as the Youth Commission of the National Assembly Of The Republic Of Belarus . In March 1997 , as a result of a long process of reconciling divergent nationalistic trends in Scouting, a constituent assembly was held in Minsk . This assembly approved the creation of a united ''National Scout Association''." ::"The Belaruskaya Natsianalnaya Skautskaya Asatsiyatsia regularly invites underprivileged children, some of them coming from the Chernobyl contaminated areas, to some of their national summer camps." The Scouts Et Guides De France are working with Scouting in Belarus. Guidisme Et Scoutisme En Belgique/Gidsen- En Scoutsbeweging In België has provided support in the region of the city of Homyel. The official webpage is at present broken, but resides at http://www.belscout.webjump.com The coeducational Belaruskaya Natsianalnaya Skautskaya Asatsiyatsia has 3,408 members as of 2004. WOSM membership was terminated on March 31, 2004 and [http://www.scout.org/front/docs/C0409wsc_e.pdf by the World Scout Committee . WOSM now lists the country as a potential member. According to {Link without Title} the Belaruskaya Natsianalnaya Skautskaya Asatsiyatsia was provisionally suspended for "Non-adherence to the Constitution of the Organization and nonfunctioning as a democratic National Scout Movement" in 2002, after "Complaints (...) received from unrecognised groups within the country about the conduct of the recognised NSO", which led to a report by WOSM's Chairman of the Constitutions Committee, demanding a legitimate general assembly and an independent auditing of its accounts. According to {Link without Title} there was also an earlier provisional suspension for non-payment of membership fees. The Scout Motto is "Napagatovye", translating as "Be Prepared" in Belarusian, and "Bud' Gotov", translating likewise in Russian. The Belarusian noun for a single Scout is Скаут. SEE ALSO REFERENCES ''Belaruski Skaowting'' (in English 'Belarusian Scouting'), by Lozka, Ales', in Belarusian (Narkomovka), Minsk, Polimya Publishers, 1997, 190 pages; ISBN 985-07-0213-3; print run 2,500 copies. EXTERNAL LINKS
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