[PDFlist] New Zealand’s new partnership with the Pacific Disability Forum

[Mere Roden]

Great news.

That is sure to strengthen the disbility movement in the region.

Vinaka

On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 10:07 AM Soloveni Vitoso <
infor at pacificdisability.org> wrote:

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> *New Zealand’s new partnership with the Pacific Disability Forum*
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> NEW YORK, 11 JUNE 2019 (NZ GOVT) --- A new partnership between New Zealand
> and the Pacific Disability Forum was announced today by Minister for
> Disability Issues, Carmel Sepuloni, at the United Nations in New York.
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> The Pacific Disability Forum is a regional non-governmental organisation
> that works to build the capacity of disabled people’s organisations in the
> region and aims to improve the lives of people with disabilities in the
> Pacific through advocacy.
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> “This new partnership will help New Zealand and our Pacific neighbours
> achieve our shared vision for a safe, stable and prosperous Pacific,”
> Carmel Sepuloni said.
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> “New Zealand is committed to working with Pacific Island countries to
> address human rights challenges in our region.
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> “We also need to ensure that development in the Pacific region takes into
> account the needs of disabled people.
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> The New Zealand–Pacific Disability Forum partnership will assist Pacific
> Island countries to implement the United Nations Convention on the Rights
> of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
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> Alongside New Zealand and Australia, fifteen Pacific Island countries have
> now ratified the CRPD.
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> New Zealand is contributing $183,000 (US$120,000) towards the Pacific
> Disability Forum’s work programme in 2019/20.
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> This includes work on:
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> · National disability policy development
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> · Support for inclusive and accessible elections
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> · Activities focused on gender and youth with disabilities
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> · Support to groups helping people with psychosocial and intellectual
> disabilities.
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> “New Zealand is supportive of the Pacific Disability Forum’s objective of
> a disability-inclusive Pacific by 2030. We will be sharing ideas and
> leveraging off one another’s work, so we can accelerate progress for people
> with disabilities in our region, Carmel Sepuloni said.
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> The announcement was made at an event co-hosted by New Zealand, the
> Pacific Islands Forum, the Pacific Disability Forum, Australia, and the
> International Disability Alliance during the annual Conference of State
> Parties to the CRPD in New York.
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> Cheers!
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> Solo
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> Soloveni Vitoso
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