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<p class="MsoNormal">Bula Vinaka All,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Greetings from the PDF secretariat.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please find attached background information on the international day of persons with disabilities for your information.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The theme for this year’s celebration of the international day of persons with disabilities is
<b>“Transformation towards sustainable and resilient society for all”<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For more information on the theme for this year please refer to the link below:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/international-day-of-persons-with-disabilities-3-december/idpd2017.html">https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/international-day-of-persons-with-disabilities-3-december/idpd2017.html</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Vinaka<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ">Simione Bula</span><span lang="EN-NZ" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ">Pacific Disability Forum</span><span lang="EN-NZ" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ">Ground Floor, Kadavu House, Victoria Parade | GPO Box 18458 | Suva, Fiji
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ">Phone: (+679) 3312008 | (+679) 3307530
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ">Email:
<a href="mailto:infor@pacificdisability.org">infor@pacificdisability.org</a> </span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ">Website:
</span><span lang="EN-NZ" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ"><a href="http://www.pacificdisability.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">www.pacificdisability.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/PacificDisabilityForum/">Pacific Disability Forum</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><i><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ">Organisation in special consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Commission since 2012.
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