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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Greetings from the Secretariat,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Having a disability led response to COVID-19 will ensure that the rights of persons with disabilities are not overlooked as the world recovers from the global pandemic.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">This year the theme for the International Day for Persons with Disabilities is
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">“</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Leadership and participation of persons with disabilities toward an inclusive, accessible and sustainable post-COVID-19 world.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">The theme reaffirms that for the full realisation of the rights of persons with disabilities, any recovery effort should be supported for the participation and to be guided
by persons with disabilities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">In this regard, the Pacific Disability Forum will be holding a half day dialogue and observance in Fiji. The celebration is being led by Secretariat staff who are also persons
with disabilities and allows for the organisations of persons with disabilities around the Region to share their stories and lived experiences living through the height of preparedness, response, and lockdown, and towards an inclusive, accessible, and sustainable
COVID 19 world. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">The dialogue session will be held at the Grand Pacific Hotel in Suva and begins at 9am. The event will also be live streamed across the region.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Attached is the program for the day.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Join us virtually through the two methods below:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Via Zoom on
<a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85151124953?pwd=VytnUVR1WkgySzB2VVNsT0ZXT29OUT09">
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85151124953?pwd=VytnUVR1WkgySzB2VVNsT0ZXT29OUT09</a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Meeting ID: 851 5112 4953<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Passcode: 102117<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Live stream on our Facebook page
<o:p></o:p></span></li><ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l4 level2 lfo3"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">@PacificDisabilityForum<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Paradise Tabucala<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Communications Officer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><img border="0" width="123" height="123" style="width:1.2777in;height:1.2777in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D7E6EA.918642F0"></span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Pacific Disability Forum<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Ground Floor, Kadavu House, Victoria Parade | GPO Box 18458 | Suva, Fiji
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Phone: (+679) 3312008 | (+679) 3307530
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Mobile: (+679) 8990 134 (Vodafone)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Fax: (+679) 3310469
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Email: <a href="mailto:paradise.tabucala@pacificdisability.org">
paradise.tabucala@pacificdisability.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Website: <a href="http://www.pacificdisability.org">
www.pacificdisability.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Organisation in special consultative status with the UN
Economic and Social Commission since 2012.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#201F1E;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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