Muscat,ONA) The Sultanate represented by the General Directorate of Scouts and Girl Guides participated today in a video seminar on the ethical and legal perspective of the safe from harm that was held for the consultants of the World Scout Organization for the Safe from Harm.

The Sultanate was represented at the seminar by Mohammed bin Abdullah Al-Hinai, Assistant Director General for Scout Affairs, member of the Committee of Consultants of the World Scout Organization, in the presence of more than 25 consultants at the global level.

The seminar touched on the ethical and legal perspectives of the safe from harm and focused on understanding the ethical perspective through the importance of having a structure to oversee the rules of conduct and complaints in the National Scout Associations and the most important issues included in the code of conduct. The legal perspective was also discussed through the role of security systems and laws and how to deal with them in addition to crisis management in national scouting activities and programs. In addition, a set of leading international experiences in the field of the safe from harm was also reviewed.

The seminar aimed to discuss mechanisms for protecting boys and youth, strategies, systems and procedures aimed at promoting the welfare, development and protection of boys and youth, which are a priority in all relevant scouting activities and providing them with an appropriate environment.

(ONA)