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ISGF 24
th
World Conference 2005
Conference Report
FOREWORD
The 24th ISGF World Conference took place in Lillehammer, Norway, from 12 to 17 June
2005. This Conference welcomed 432 participants from over 40 countries. It was preceded
by a Youth Forum, scheduled for the first time, 9-11 June 2005. Around 20 participants
attended the Forum.
Ann Whiteford, represented WOSM for the Panel and we were pleased to welcome Ann as
our distinguished guest as well as Carsten Pihl, Chief Scout of the Norwegian Scout and
Guide Association and Chairman of the Norwegian scout Federation and Thorbjrn Geirbo,
International Commissioner YWCA /YMCA Scouts and Guides of Norway.
Prominent members from our family passed away:
Mrs Marie-Th·r,se Charmant, National President of Amiti· des Scouts et Guides Adultes
d'Ha,,ti,
Mr Stephan Mircea, National President of the Association des Scouts Adultes de Roumanie,
Mrs Gabriella Linati, former Secretary International of MASCI, Movimento Adulti Cattolici
Italiani.
We received greetings from Eduardo Missoni, Secretary General of the World Organisation
of the Scout Movement (WOSM) who delivered the following message to the Conference:
Eduardo Missoni is convinced that together with Scouting and Guiding, ISGF can play a key
role in the education and rights of young people and in spreading messages of solidarity,
tolerance and peace, in the coming years. He calls for a stronger and closer relationship
between our Organisations while maintaining our respective specificities and role. ISGF
members will certainly have the opportunity to celebrate the Centenary of Scouting together
with Scouts and Guides from all over the world. He expressed his thanks to the
Ambassadors Guild for its donation regarding the Peace project.
We also received greetings from Gerda-Maria Pazdera, former Vice-Chairman of ISGF World
Committee.
