The Working Groups welcome everyone interested in participating in planning for future events and activities of the Committee. This will be an exciting and important year for mental health issues at the United Nations and we would like to encourage all our members to become actively involved. We need the efforts of every individual to succeed in our goals and mission.

Dr./Mr./Mrs./Ms. ________________________ __________________________    _________
(Circle One)     Last Name                First Name and Middle Initial Degree(s)

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Organization

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Preferred Mailing Address                            _____ Home _____Business

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City                             State        Zip Code      Province & Country
                                                            (If not U.S.A.)

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Work Phone Number          Home Phone Number          Fax Number

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E-Mail Address                                      Cell Phone/Beeper

Major Area of Interest:

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Possible Resources or Skills that you might bring to the work of the Committee:

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Are you a member of a Working Group or are you interested in joining a Working Group, if so indicate which one(s): (See Reverse Side for List of Working Groups/Contacts)

1. ____________________________________________ 4. _____________________________

2. ____________________________________________ 5. _____________________________

3. ____________________________________________ 6. _____________________________

Role you would like to play in the Committee:

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Check One:
_____ Regular Member (Representatives, Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Status with ECOSOC)
_____ Associate Member (Members of Non-Governmental Organizations associated with the UN Department of Public Information (DPI), and other interested Organizations and Individuals)

Enclosed are my dues for 2001/2002: _____ $30.00/Year Dues ___________
                                   Additional Contribution ___________
                                                     Total ___________

We would like to thank all Members who are able to make a special contribution to the Committee.

Please make checks payable to: NGO Committee on Mental Health

Mail Membership Forms and Checks to: Helen Hamlin, NGO Committee on Mental Health, 232 East 66th Street New York, New York 10021-6207

The Working Groups welcome everyone interested in participating in planning for future events and activities of the Committee. This will be an exciting and important year for mental health issues at the United Nations and we would like to encourage all our members to become actively involved. We need the efforts of every individual to succeed in our goals and mission.

1 January 2001 UN International Year of Volunteers and UN International Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations

21 May - 1 June 2001 2nd Prep Com for UN World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (WCAR), New York

Thursday 7 June 2001 NGO Committee on Aging Annual Meeting

11 - 15 June 2001 Preparatory Committee for the Special Session of the General Assembly on Children, Third Substantive Session, New York

Thursday, 14 June 2001 NGO Committee on Mental Health - General Meeting

25 - 27 June 2001 Special Session of the General Assembly on HIV/AIDS; UN Headquarters, New York

2 - 20 July 2001 25th Session on UN Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) (Country reports: Guyana, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Sweden and Vietnam)

Friday, 31 August - 7 September 2001 UN World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (WCAR), South Africa

10 - 12 September 2001 Annual UN Department of Public Information (DPI) Conference

Thursday, 13 September 2001 NGO Committee on Mental Health - General Meeting

19 - 21 September 2001 Special Session of the General Assembly on Children, New York

Thursday, 4 October 2001 International Day of Older Persons

Thursday, 11 October 2001 NGO Committee on Mental Health - General Meeting

Thursday, 8 November 2001 NGO Committee on Mental Health - General Meeting

17 December 2001 Ten-Year Anniversary of the UN Resolution 46/119 "The Protection of Persons with Mental Illness and the Improvement of Mental Health Care"

5 - 10 April 2002 NGO Forum for the 2nd World Assembly on Ageing; Madrid, Spain

8 - 12 April 2002 Second World Assembly on Ageing; Madrid, Spain

Internet Links to United Nations Relevant Documents:

Standard Rules on Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, forty-eighth session, resolution 48/96, annex, of 20 December 1993
http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/dissre00.htm

Principles for the protection of persons with mental illness and the improvement of mental health care, adopted by General Assembly resolution 46/119 of 17 December 1991
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/68.htm