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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> Tchaurea Fleury [mailto:tfleury@ida-secretariat.org]
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<b>Sent:</b> 3 April, 2017 5:17 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> IDA HR Advocacy 2<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Human Rights Council concludes its 34th Regular Session_Overview<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Human Rights Council concludes its 34<sup>th</sup> Regular Session</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Overview</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">From 27 February to 24 March 2017, the Human Rights Council held its 34</span><sup><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">th</span></sup><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
Regular Session, in Geneva.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">This was a particular rich session to IDA and its members, as we succeed to widely advocate to the rights of persons
with disabilities and facilitate participation of IDA members’ representative during the session.
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">During the session, several Permanente missions referred to and promoted language inclusive of persons
with disabilities, including during the High Level Segment, interactive dialogues and to negotiated resolutions.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">IDA warmly thanks our main core sponsors Mexico and New Zealand, as well as (by alphabetical order)
the missions of Algeria, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Ecuador, Egypt, Fiji, Finland,
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Iceland,
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Italy,
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Israel, </span>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Namibia, Portugal, Sierra Leone, Spain, Switzerland and Thailand, for their invaluable support and engagement.
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Find below a HRC34 sessions' general overview for persons with disabilities and at
<u><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http://www.internationaldisabilityalliance.org/humanrightscouncil34&c=E,1,VlpaFGrOFSru0flOhmHthQPKeGD8y8Vw1g2RydkmJU3RalO97ACaAqxEtq-KEHtR-CYrxe3hIl_3sqWOV7GHv8BEtVDBuIFRv4usWaPAVDrvqQ,,&typo=1">www.internationaldisabilityalliance.org/humanrightscouncil34</a></span></u>.
PDF version with pictures is attached. Comprehensive report will be circulated soon.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">African Disability Forum</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Thanks to invitation from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Géronime Tokpo, President
of the Federation of DPOs from Benin, representing the African Disability Forum, was one of the main speakers at the Annual debate on the rights of persons with disabilities, on 3 march 2017, on the article 5 of the CRPD on equality and non-discrimination.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Ms Tokpo was also speaker at the side event ‘<span style="color:#548DD4">Equality and non-discrimination: Reasonable
Accommodation as a Tool for Inclusion</span>’, organized by the OHCHR, ILO and IDA, sponsored by New Zealand, Finland, Mexico, Ecuador and Bulgaria.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">She also observed the
<span style="color:#548DD4">interactive dialogue with Ms Catalina Devandas, Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities</span>, who presented her report on access to support by persons with disabilities.
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Youth with disabilities
</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Thanks to support from UNFPA, we had the pleasure to have Fernanda Almeida, RIADIS, and Matthieu Chatelin, EDF,
participating during the HRC March session.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:5.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Further than observing panels, interactive discussions, side events and negotiation of resolutions, they presented
at the side event ‘<span style="color:#548DD4">Skills development and economic empowerment: Towards inclusive, sustainable development for all</span>’, on 17 March, organised by the Permanent Mission of Austria to the UN in Geneva and IDA, with support of
the Permanent Missions of </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Australia, Ecuador, Finland, Israel, Italy,
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">New Zealand,
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Spain, Thailand</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> and the Zero Project, an initiative of the Essl Foundation, in partnership with the
World Future Council & the European Foundation Centre.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:5.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">See further information at
<a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http://www.internationaldisabilityalliance.org/events/youth-gva-2017&c=E,1,0l0oX9IqkZe5-F7fOdLzwZWw-mYoK8gV36chzE5LoLYn4iZsLNkF5ffUs8BbtiQq7VhrCZY9DLVSduIB9ex9wgXfcT1IDCu2QHeavTv4Kg,,&typo=1" target="_blank">
www.internationaldisabilityalliance.org/events/youth-gva-2017</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Persons with albinism – In partnership with ADD International</span></b>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Thanks to the Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa, in cooperation with ADD International and
IDA, Peter Ogik, advocate with albinism, from Uganda, and </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Polly Meeks, outgoing Deputy Director of Policy and Influencing at ADD International</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
participated at the Council. During his mission, Peter had the opportunity to meet Special Procedure mandate holders, representatives of Permanent Missions in Geneva, UN agencies and NGOs.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:5.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">In addition, he was invited and spoke at the side event ‘<i><span style="color:#548DD4">Equality and
non-discrimination of persons with disabilities, with particular focus on persons with albinism</span></i>’, organized by the Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Mandate of the Independent Expert on the Enjoyment
of Human Rights of Persons with Albinism, the OHCHR and IDA, and sponsored by ADD International, and the Permanent Missions of Sierra Leone, Portugal, Namibia, Canada and Fiji.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Fellowship IDA / OSF - Art 13 - Access to Justice
</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Since January this year, Alradi Abdalla, from Sudan, is conducting a fellowship with the IDA, through support from
the Open Society Foundation (OSF), with the aim to conduct a research on Article 13 of the CRPD on Access to Justice for Persons with Disabilities, providing good practices on guaranteeing participation in access to justice by persons with disabilities. This
research will support IDA’s submission for the annual study of the OHCHR, which will be presented to the Human Rights Council 37<sup>th</sup> session, in March 2018.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:5.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">During his stay in Geneva in March, Alradi participated in the entire HRC 34<sup>th</sup> session and of IDA’s
Training of Training on the CRPD and SDGs. Further information on the fellowship at
<a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http://www.internationaldisabilityalliance.org/fellows-alradi&c=E,1,IuDH9mrEn3GrUCN3A1bivLvSahnTWteM1m3CMm9Iq49Eg1Qsl_XfU_8u4NnOxZLGC0EWZXjofzGTJtMoJielv9crvTZRC49Q00uf0sGjIKnBp0OM4EX8wg,,&typo=1" target="_blank">
www.internationaldisabilityalliance.org/fellows-alradi</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">#MyVoiceMyCommunity – Down Syndrome International</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">DSi organize a series of events in Geneva to celebrate the World Down Syndrome Day ‘<i><span style="color:#548DD4">My
Voice, My Community – Enabling people with Down syndrome to speak up, be heard and influence government policy and action, to be fully included in the community</span></i>’; and brought a large number of self-advocates and their families to directly engage
with the HRC and CRPD Committee members.</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:5.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">DSi organized a workshop with self-advocates and the side event ‘<i><span style="color:#548DD4">Enabling people
with Down syndrome to speak up, be heard and influence government policy and action, to be fully included in the community</span></i>’, co-organised by the Permanent Mission of Brazil to the UN in Geneva, II and IDA. Further information at
<a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http://www.internationaldisabilityalliance.org/wdsd-2017-gva&c=E,1,RhEWMAfmWQK-QEYVEFq_ViGp5RLkiJ8XoLB2aW5nQVgucbGbfIuArLyaJzTYcCHONeyLyIGWgNhyLaPBR5-AU1yoPrKExbKV7EEmragYEftbhYfjHA_e3ZIa&typo=1" target="_blank">
www.internationaldisabilityalliance.org/wdsd-2017-gva</a> and <a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http://www.inclusive.org.br/arquivos/30157&c=E,1,1xgxRojgxmpVcdqrmfVbgVlz2Wtd6sdmyZd-ZxtpV3OFIQIMBfJjNkdlwSgZCp5JsA9voMGhA-VjvRL_3qtGMc6uDGIcPzhvtnXYIaZk45W79g,,&typo=1" target="_blank">
www.inclusive.org.br/arquivos/30157</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:5.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">In addition, DSi, II and IDA representatives and member of the CRPD Committee were invited by the Brazilian Ambassador
to a reception at the Brazilian Residence.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Resolutions</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">For the first time since 2010, the Human Rights Council did not present the Resolution on the Rights of Persons
with Disabilities, as decided by the main sponsors to make it biennial. Therefore, IDA secretariat intensified advocacy to mainstream the rights of persons with disabilities across other relevant resolutions. From 41 resolutions negotiated during this session,
10 specifically included language on persons with disabilities, as following:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Right to food</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> – The Resolution stresses the need to
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">ensure that programmes deliver safe, sufficient, nutritious and culturally accepted food inclusive and accessible to persons with disabilities;</span><br>
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</span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Right to work</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> – This year’s resolution focused women and, thanks to IDA’s advocacy
and support from friend missions, it included specific mention on women with disabilities. The resolution expressed
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">deeply concerns that persons with disabilities continue to face multiple and intersecting forms of inequality and discrimination, including on conditions of pay, work conditions and in
education and training. It also stresses importance of lifelong learning opportunities and guidance for all, including women with disabilities; and welcomed inclusion of persons with disabilities in the target 8.5 of SDGs;</span><br>
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</span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Rights of the child: protection of the rights of the child in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
– This was by far the most difficult resolution to guarantee inclusion of language on persons with disabilities, despite significant support from states. In any case, we succeed to have inclusion of the CRPD and collection of data by disability. The Resolution
also called for particular attention to children with disabilities in the SDGs implementation;</span><br>
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</span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Birth registration</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> – This resolution mentions the CRPD and stresses that persons
with disabilities face barriers to be registered. It requested the OHCHR to prepare a study on best practices to ensure access to birth registration, including to children with disabilities, including in relation to the target 16.9 of the SDGs. The report
would be submitted to the HRC 39<sup>th</sup> session, in September 2018;</span><br>
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">It mentions the CRPD and requests
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">accessible information;</span><br>
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– It welcomed the inclusion of empowerment of all women and girls in the 2030 Agenda, and requires the collection of quality, accessible, timely and reliable disaggregated data in its implementation. In addition, the resolution reaffirmed the human rights
of all refugees and migrants, regardless of status;</span><br>
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</span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Human rights and unilateral coercive measures</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> – Expressed grave concern of unilateral
coercive measures on the realization of social and economic development, including for those with disabilities;</span><br>
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</span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Human rights and the environment</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> – Mentions the Paris Agreement and persons with
disabilities;</span><br>
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</span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Situation of human rights in South Sudan</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> – Recalls specific needs of persons with
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</span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Situation in the Syrian Arab Republic</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> - Condemns violations and abuses of international
human rights laws and all violations of international humanitarian law including against persons with disabilities.</span><br>
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