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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">From DFAT & PDF Secretariat:</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear Colleagues & Friends,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt">In the lead up to the global conference - Global Disability and Social Protection Conference, regional consultations are being undertaken to hear from the disability community and other key partners
and stakeholders, such as yourselves, on what more needs to be done to realise universal social protection coverage for persons with disability.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt">The Pacific event is co-hosted by DFAT and Pacific Disability Forum (PDF)</span><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt">Most of us will be in listening mode for this event, however we want to know what opportunities, gaps and barriers you are seeing in your work contexts too. As we have a tightly packed agenda
I ask you to email me in advance if you have any questions or key points that you would like to raise or like considered in the statement that will be presented at the global conference on 16 March – The statement will provide a stocktake on where we are at
and where to next for the Pacific.</span><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Join us today</span><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Topic: Social Protection Pacific Consultation<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="color:black">Time: Mar 9, 2022 12:00 PM Fiji Islands, Marshall Islands</span></b><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="color:black">Join Zoom Meeting</span></b><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt">We hope you can join us.</span><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt">Many thanks - DFAT and Pacific Disability Forum Colleagues.</span><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4472C4">Assistant Director - Social Protection
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Development, Performance & Advisory Services </span><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4472C4">Program Enabling Division</span><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4472C4">Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade</span><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Phone: +612 6261 9871</span><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Mobile: 0424 749 946</span><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="http://www.dfat.gov.au/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#00467F">www.dfat.gov.au</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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