Globally, an estimated one in four people will experience a mental health condition in their lifetime. Economic loss due to problems related to mental well-being is vast and there are strong stigma and discriminations against persons with mental and

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INVITATION
The United Nations Department of Economic and
Social Affairs is pleased to invite you to the
attend a Panel Discussion in observance of
the INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PERSONS WITH
DISABILITIES
Mental Well-being, Disability and Development
Tuesday 3 December 2013 11.30 a.m. to 1.00
p.m. Conference Room 6, NLB United Nations
Headquarters

• Globally, an estimated one in four people will
  experience a mental health condition in their
  lifetime. Economic loss due to problems related
  to mental well-being is vast and there are strong
  stigma and discriminations against persons with
  mental and intellectual disabilities.
• The International Day of Persons with
  Disabilities (IDPD) is celebrated annually around
  the world to promote awareness and mobilize
  support on critical issues pertaining to the
  inclusion of persons with disabilities in society
  and development. As part of this years IDPD
  programme at the United Nations Headquarters in
  New York, a panel discussion will be held under
  the theme Mental Well-being, Disability and
  Development.
• The panel discussion will bring attention to the
  often complex and neglected topic of mental well
  being, disability and development. Key issues and
  trends in mental well-being as well as its
  relevance in promoting an inclusive path to
  development will be covered. The focus is on
  practical strategies and action points for
  mainstreaming mental well-being and disability in
  development priorities.

• Ms. Akiko Ito, Chief, Secretariat for the CRPD,
  Division for Social Policy and Development,
  UNDESA
• Dr. Georgi Antar, Chair of the NGO Committee on
  Mental Health
• Dr. Takashi Izutsu, Programme and Knowledge
  Coordinator at the Tokyo Development Learning
  Center, The World Bank
• Dr. Judy Bass, Applied Mental Health Research
  Group (AMHR), Department of Mental Health, Johns
  Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• JHSPH
• Dr. Atsuro Tsutsumi, United Nations University
  (UNU-IIGH)
• Mr. Ruben Armando Escalante, Deputy Permanent
  Representative of the Permanent Mission of El
  Salvador to the United Nations
• Mr. Mustafizur Rahman, Deputy Permanent
  Representative of the Permanent Mission of
  Bangladesh to the UN
• Dr. Paul Bolton, Center for Refugee and Disaster
  Response, Department of International Health,
  JHSPH

Opening Co-moderators Panellists
For inquiries related to this panel discussion,
please contact Ms. Shifaana Thowfeequ, UNDESA
(thowfeequ_at_un.org, Telephone [phone])