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 Wednesday 04 April 2007 to Friday 06 April 2007 ( 04 - 06 April 2007)

Bapa Conference in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

The Conference is jointly organised by: Saudi Psychiatric Association, Erfan-Bageddow Hospital & BAPA

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II. The Partnership Meeting: Joint meeting with other Associations (Pakistani, Indian & Sri Lankan):

   Date: 9 - 10 September 2006  ( confirmed & suits most of us as it is before the begining of the Fasting month of Ramadan).

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I. BAPA regional meeting:  24 - 25 June 2006

-   Annual Conference: BAPA had 3 Annual Conferences all took place in UK (2002,     

    2003 & 2005).

-  Great Partnership Conference (2004): A big conference jointly held with the other 3       

   partner Associations including: British Pakistani, British Indian and the British Sri     

   Lankan Psychiatric Associations).  This conference was attended by 450 Psychiatrists      

   from the four partner Associations and was praised by the President of the Royal   

   College of Psychiatrists.  The next partnership meeting is provisionally planned for   

   September 2006

- International conferences (WPA-Cairo 10-15 September 2005): BAPA was strongly    

  represented in WPA Cairo 10–15 September 2005 with various presentations including:

a.     Symposium on Palestine (Effect of Israeli Occupation on Mental Health of Palestinians and their Healthcare under Israeli Occupation): Chaired by Mamdouh EL-Adl (BAPA secretary).  Speakers who participated included:

·         Professor Abdel Wahab El Messiri: The Zionist view of the self & of the other.

·         Dr Eyad El Sarraj: Effect of Israeli Occupation on Palestinians’ Mental Health.

·         Dr Mamdouh EL-Adl: Inequity in Care under Israeli Occupation

·         Professor Salah Amer: Responsibilities of the Occupying Power under the International Law.

This symposium was well attended, discussion continued for 2 hours i.e. 1 ½ hours above the original discussion time.  The symposium was considered as a great success in presenting a comprehensive presentation about the Palestinian Cause in such a high level international conference.

b.      A number of oral presentations

c.       A number of posters