[PDF-members] [APRCEM) For your support: APRCEM Transition and Election_Disability Constituency Focal Point

[Villaney Remengesau]

Dear APRCEM Disability Constituency Members, Colleagues, and Friends,

Hope this email finds you all in good health, heart, and spirit.

The Asia-Pacific Regional Civil Society Engagement Mechanism (APRCEM)
engages in sustainable development processes and the Disability
Constituency is part of it.

The APRCEM facilitates the participation of civil society at the Asia
Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development and the Disability Constituency
under the umbrella of the AP-RCEM forms a part of that. The Constituency
works to ensure that persons with disabilities from the Asia Pacific can
unify their messages as a stakeholder group and are able to connect and
interlink messages with the wider regional civil society, the UN, and the
Member States. A key component of the organizational structure of the
Constituency is the role of Focal Point. The Focal Point shares information
and opportunities to coordinate joint messages and carry out advocacy
outreach. The Focal Points ensure that the workstreams adhere to the text
of the CRPD, the 2030 Agenda, and other key documents.

As you all know, the Pacific Disability Forum (PDF) has served as the Focal
Point for the past several years and now as the Interim Contact Point for
our Disability Constituency.

With a recent APRCEM RCC Meeting, the committee discussed the matter
relating to the APRCEM Transition and Election. Based on the election
guidelines, the outgoing focal points and interim contact points have
started their process of affirming via email. As an Outgoing Focal Point
and Interim Contact Point for our Disability Constituency, this email
serves to affirm the Interim Contact Point as an Official Focal Point based
on a ‘no objection basis’. This means that the PDF will automatically be
accepted unless someone replies to this email breaking the silence. In this
instance, a Zoom call should be facilitated in consultation with APRCEM
Election Committee and Co-chairs.

Also, kindly note that APRCEM membership is based by organization, not
individual. Considering that my term as the PDF Female Co-chair ends at the
upcoming PDF Annual Board Meeting in August this year, it's the decision of
PDF Board if PDF will continue this role and identify a Board Member to be
a representative for the next two years.

Looking forward to your support and response no later than Wed, 31 May 2023.

Thank you so much.

Kind regards,

Lany

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