i.e. in the 3rd World Scout Jamboree with 40 Scouts. Further more there were Homenetmen Scouts and other Armenian Scout groups, which belonged to the National Scout Organisations of their country of residence and were in this way also registered at the International Bureau. This was the case i.e. in Egypt, Cyprus, Greece, Bulgaria, Australia, Lebanon and Syria. Homenetmen Scouts were active in Turkey, in various countries in the Middle East, in Greece and other countries of the Balkan peninsula. An Armenian Scout troop was founded in Geneva in 1928. During that years Armenian Scout troops were also active in the Netherlands for some years. In the 1940s the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) formed its first Scout troops in Lebanon, Syria and Egypt. During the following years Scout groups within the AGBU around the world followed. In 1989 the first Scout groups were founded in Armenia again. 1994 saw the formation of the Armenian National Scout Movement Hayastani Azgayin Scautakan Sharjum Kazmakerputiun. In order to permit entry into the World Organization for Scouting in Armenia, Haï Ari withdrew membership in the World Organization, which passed to HASK on April 18, 1997. Haï Ari was disbanded on January 9, 1998. Today Armenian Scouting is active within Armenia and the diaspora and there are strong links between both. International Scouting units in Armenia In addition, there are USA Girl Scouts Overseas in Yerevan, serviced by way of USAGSO headquarters in New York City. See also Scouting in displaced persons camps Further reading World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, World Bureau (2002), Trefoil Round the World. Eleventh Edition 1997. References