Scouting and Guiding associations in Western Sahara
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Spanish Scouts have established contacts with the Moroccan Scoutisme Hassania Marocain, a member of the Fédération Nationale du Scoutisme Marocain.
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The
Scout Motto is Kun Musta'idan or كن مستعدين, translating as Be Prepared in
Arabic. The noun for a single Scout is Kashaf or كشاف in Arabic.
Notes
Western Sahara is disputed territory, not presently
independent. The two main claimants are the Kingdom of
Morocco and the
Polisario Front independence movement (and government of the
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic or SADR), who dispute control of the territory. Since a
United Nations-sponsored cease-fire agreement in 1991, most of the territory has been controlled by Morocco, with the remainder under the control of Polisario/SADR. As the international Scouting movement is an educational youth movement, it takes a neutral position on each side's claims, and the existence of Scouting on the land area of Western Sahara does not imply any official position in the dispute.