Youth Leadership: Foundation for Future Global Well-Being
Panel Discussion Co-Sponsored with the Young Global Leadership Foundation
MODERATOR AND INTRODUCTIONS
Dr. Elizabeth Carll – President, Communications Coordination Committee for the United Nations; UN Representative, International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
KEYNOTE
H. E. Dr. Josephine Ojiambo, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative Republic of Kenya to the United Nations
PARTICIPANTS
Prateek Awasthi – Programme Analyst, Youth Participation and Leadership, UNFPA Headquarters- United Nations Population Fund
Dr. Linda J. Stillman – Founder, Chair and President of the Young Global Leadership Foundation; United Nations Representative for Soroptimist International
Prince Badr bin Saud bin Saad Al Saud of Saudi Arabia – Founding Co-Chair, The Young Global Leaders Council of Young Global Leadership Foundation; attends Marymount College
Franziska Aurelia Praxl – Co-Chair of the Young Global Leadership Council; National of Germany, Graduate of the Free University of Berlin
Fran Furman – Director of Counseling Services, Tuesday’s Children – A family service organization providing programs for those impacted by 911. Project Common Bond
George Tarr – National of Liberia, Participant in Project Common Bond for four years; Participant with American Rescue Committee; attends Bridgeport University
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High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases
In preparation for the upcoming 19-20 September 2011 High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases to be held at UN Headquarters in New York, the NGO Committee on Mental Health (New York) and The NGO Forum for Health (Geneva) are releasing a joint statement regarding Mental Health and the Scope of Non-communicable Diseases.
The statement is sponsored by both organizations, which together represent a consortium of NGOs who engage in programmatic and policy-oriented work on health-related issues, and/or recognize the importance of both health and mental health as a foundation for global well-being. Our organizations have serious concerns with regard to the absence of mental health within the scope of the non-communicable diseases agenda.
Click here for the English Version joint statement regarding Mental Health and the Scope of Noncommunicable Diseases. French Version Spanish Version A list of the endorsing organizations is included.
The Communications Coordination Committee for the United Nations (CCCUN) has endorsed the statement.
For additional information contact Dr. Elizabeth Carll, President, CCCUN and Chairperson, UN NGO Committee on Mental Health at ecarll@optonline.net