Bosnia Herzegovina
Scouting in Bosnia and Herzegovina was established in 1915 under the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In his book, What Scouts Can Do: More Yarns, Baden-Powell wrote about Bosnia before the First World War; in a section "Biking in Bosnia" he provides a fascinating picture of this war-torn land. As part of Yugoslavia, Bosnia-Herzegovina was a founding member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement from 1922 to 1948.
Scouting in Yugoslavia was coopted by the Tito government in 1950 into Savez Izviđača Jugoslavije, at which time WOSM membership was forfeited.
The Council of Scout Associations in Bosnia and Herzegovina comprises Savez Izviđača Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine (Scout Association of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Savez Izviđača Republike Srpske (Scout Association of the Republic of Srpska). Both Scout Associations agreed to work together to form a federation and join WOSM together, and met to finalize matters presented to WOSM for consideration of membership. At the World Scout Conference in July 1999, Bosnia and Herzegovina was accepted to full membership in WOSM.