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Befrienders centers work to reduce suicide worldwide with 31,000 volunteers in almost 40 countries

Special Events

2009 - XXV IASP World Congress, Montevideo

Contact person: Dra. S. Pelaez

5 December 2008 - International Volunteer Day

www.unvolunteers.org

31 October - 3 November 2008 - IASP Asia-Pacific Symposium, Hong Kong

http://csrp.hku.hk/iasp2008/

10 October 2008 - World Mental Health Day

Sponsored by the World Federation for Mental Health.
www.wfmh.org/wmhday/about.html

10 September 2008 - World Suicide Prevention Day

Jointly sponsored by the International Association for Suicide Prevention and World Health Organisation
Web: www.med.uio.no/iasp

27-30 August 2008 - 12th European Symposium on Suicide and Suicidal Behaviour, Glasgow, Scotland

'Working Together to Prevent Suicide: Research, Policy & Practice'
Web: www.esssb12.org  Email: organising@esssb12.org