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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> UNDESA DISD <socialngo@un.org> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, November 11, 2023 4:47 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Setareki Macanawai <Setareki.Macanawai@pacificdisability.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> 2023 International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) on "United in action to rescue and achieve the SDGs for, with and by persons with disabilities"<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><img width="500" height="287" style="width:5.2075in;height:2.9905in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:~WRD0002.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender. IDPD 2023"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The General Assembly proclaimed, by resolution 47/3 of 1992, that 3 December be observed annually as the International Day of Persons with Disabilities
(IDPD). </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This year’s theme is:
<b><span style="color:#006699">"United in action to rescue and achieve the SDGs for, with and by persons with disabilities".</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The 2023 commemoration of the International Day, organized by UN DESA in partnership with Member States, UN entities and civil society organizations at
the United Nations headquarters in New York, will be held in a hybrid mode in Conference Room 4, on 1 December 2023, from 10am to 1pm (EDT). </span><a href="https://social.desa.un.org/issues/disability/events/2023-international-day-of-persons-with-disabilities-idpd" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For
more information about the IDPD please click here.</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:firebrick">In-person attendance will be open only to those
<u>who have a valid UN ground pass</u>.</span></strong><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:firebrick"> </span><br>
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<span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The discussion will be structured around five pillars of sustainable development –
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace, and Partnerships</span></strong> – with a special focus on the priority areas identified in the SDG Progress Report of 2023, in the outcome document of the recent SDG Summit,
in policy briefs prepared for the Summit for the Future and in the forthcoming UN Disability and Development Report 2023. </span><br>
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<span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The deadline to register for
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:firebrick">joining us online</span></strong> is on
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">November 28, 2023</span></strong>, by midnight (New York time).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/idpd2023"><b><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Register here to join us ONLINE only.</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please join us on social media by using the hashtags:
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#006699">#IDPD #DisabilityDay #EveryoneIncluded</span></strong></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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