União Nacional dos Escuteiros de Timor-Leste

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]

Membership badge of Associação dos Escuteiros de Timor Lorosae
União Nacional dos Escuteiros de Timor-Leste
CountryEast Timor
FoundedDecember 2, 2005
AffiliationWorld Organization of the Scout Movement
Website
www.scout.tl

Dom Ximenes Belo, former Bishop of Dili and Nobel Peace Prize winner, is a former Scout and active in Scouting.

Sources
  1. "Maria Solana da Conceição Soares Fernandes". National Parliament of the Democratic Republic of East Timor. Retrieved 2007-03-14.
  2. "INBOX January 2006". World Organization of the Scout Movement, Asia Pacific Region. Retrieved 2007-03-14.
  3. "The Scout Association of Timor-Leste joins WOSM". www.scout.org. Retrieved 2017-07-04.


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