European Scout Region (World Organization of the Scout Movement) European Scout Region (World Organization of the Scout Movement) The European Scout Region is one of six geographical subdivisions of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, with a satellite office in Brussels, Belgium; additional out-offices are situated in Belgrade, Serbia and Veles, Macedonia. The European Scout Region comprises 41 National Scout Organizations that are members of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, and services Scouting in Western and Central Europe, excluding the former Soviet republics (which comprise the Eurasian Scout Region, but inclusive, for cultural reasons, of Cyprus (technically not part of Europe, but
Labour standards in the World Trade Organization settlement process is compulsory and the DSB's recommendations and rulings immediately become binding international law. The WTO has its origins in the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference which was convened by the Allied nations towards the end of World War II with the aim of establishing an international economic order. Although the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (now known as the World Bank) were created, the International Trade Organisation (ITO), the forerunner of the WTO, was only a proposition at this point. It was not until 1947 that negotiations were concluded and the ITO