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Citizenship in the World Merit Badge

The seven requirements, with the three choices the badge offers and the nested one inside requirement 4.

8 steps (25 parts inside them). 17 parts depend on questions you have not answered yet. · Version 1, published 13 August 2026 · About Citizenship in the World Merit Badge

No questions answered

This is the whole plan: everything that could apply to anybody. Answering the 3 questions at the address above takes out the parts that are not for you.

Which of this applies to you

You have not answered anything yet, so this is the whole plan: everything that could apply to anybody. Answering 3 short questions will take out the parts that are not for you.

Answer the questions

The steps

Stage 1 of 5

1 step

1. Say what world citizenship means to you Task

The opening conversation: what it means, and what you think it takes to be a good world citizen.

Stage 2 of 5

4 steps

2. How US citizenship works, next to two other countries Task

How a person becomes a US citizen, the rights, duties and obligations that come with it, and how those compare with two other countries.
3. A world event and a country, examined Requirement

Two discussions with your counselor, one about an event and one about a place.
2 parts
- 3(a). Pick a current world event
- 3(b). Pick a foreign country
4. Do two of these three Requirement

International law, world trade, or the role of international organisations. The third one opens a further choice.
12 parts
- 4(a). International law, and how it differs from national law Optional May not apply
- 4(b). Follow an issue in international trade Optional May not apply
- 4(c). Describe the role of two international organisations Optional May not apply
- 4(c)(1). The United Nations and UNICEF Optional May not apply
- 4(c)(2). The International Court of Justice Optional May not apply
- 4(c)(3). Interpol Optional May not apply
- 4(c)(4). The World Organization of the Scout Movement Optional May not apply
- 4(c)(5). The World Health Organization Optional May not apply
- 4(c)(6). Amnesty International Optional May not apply
- 4(c)(7). The Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Optional May not apply
- 4(c)(8). CARE Optional May not apply
- 4(c)(9). The European Union Optional May not apply
7. Do two of these five Requirement

With a parent or guardian's permission, and shared with your counselor afterwards. Three of the five need somebody else's diary.

Two of the five, and three of them depend on somebody else. Visiting with a Scout from another country, attending a WOSM event, and going to an international festival all need a date arranging. Requirements 7(a) and 7(b) are the two you can do this evening, which matters if your time is short.
5 parts
- 7(a). Read up on an issue at the State Department Optional May not apply
- 7(b). Find a right recognised here and not elsewhere Optional May not apply
- 7(c). Talk with a Scout or student from another country Optional May not apply
- 7(d). Attend a world Scouting event Optional May not apply
- 7(e). Go to an international event near you Optional May not apply

Stage 3 of 5

1 step

5. Types of government, and where they are Requirement

Three parts, ending with a map.
3 parts

Stage 4 of 5

1 step

6. How countries deal with each other Requirement

Three parts about the machinery of foreign relations.
3 parts

Stage 5 of 5

1 step

Counselor signs it off Milestone

The completion date is the date you met the requirements, not the date of the signature.

Usually comes after 4. Do two of these three and 7. Do two of these five.

Merit badge requirements are republished annually. A Scout beginning work uses the requirements as they stand then; a Scout already working may finish under the ones they started with. Guide to Advancement 7.0.4.3 governs which applies. This page records the date its copy was read. Check it against the official page before relying on it.

This plan is a planning aid: the current Boy Scouts of America publication is always the authority, and the sources used here are listed in full. Each step names its own.