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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> United Nations Enable [mailto:do-not-reply-enable@un.org]
<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 7 June 2018 10:27 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Setareki Macanawai <CEO@pacificdisability.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Enable Newsletter, June 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">UN Enable Newsletter</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Special Issue - June 2018</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The 11<sup>th</sup> Session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center;page-break-after:avoid"><span style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"><img width="600" height="600" id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D3FE51.7250CB60" alt="Image removed by sender. A photo of previous Conference of States Parties to the CRPD, a conference room filled with participants"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> A photo of the previous Conference of States Parties to the CRPD, a conference room filled with participants</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Photo credit: UN Photo/Kim Haughton</span></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The 11th session of the Conference to the States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will be held from 12 to 14 June 2018 at the United Nations Headquarters, New
York. The session will feature an election of nine members of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, among other agenda items.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Overarching Theme of the Conference:</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“Leaving no one behind through the full implementation of the CRPD”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sub-themes:</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1. National fiscal space, public-private partnerships and international cooperation for strengthening the implementation of the CRPD</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2. Women and girls with disabilities</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">3. Political participation and equal recognition before the law</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Cross-cutting theme:</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Promoting high-quality disability statistics and disaggregation of data by disability status for the full realization of the rights of persons with disabilities</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Documents of the Conference:</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Provisional Agenda <a href="https://undocs.org/en/CRPD/CSP/2018/1"><span style="color:#0066CC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">(</span></a><a href="https://undocs.org/en/CRPD/CSP/2018/1"><span style="color:#0066CC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">English</span></a><span style="color:#404040"> | </span><a href="https://undocs.org/fr/CRPD/CSP/2018/1"><span style="color:#0066CC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Français</span></a><span style="color:#404040"> | </span><a href="https://undocs.org/es/CRPD/CSP/2018/1"><span style="color:#0066CC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Español</span></a><span style="color:#404040"> | </span><a href="https://undocs.org/ru/CRPD/CSP/2018/1"><span style="color:#0066CC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Русский</span></a><span style="color:#404040"> |</span><a href="https://undocs.org/ar/CRPD/CSP/2018/1">
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عربي</span></a><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color:#404040"><span dir="LTR"></span> | </span><a href="https://undocs.org/zh/CRPD/CSP/2018/1"><span style="font-family:"MS Gothic";color:#0066CC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">中文</span></a><span style="color:#0066CC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"><a href="https://undocs.org/en/CRPD/CSP/2018/1">)</a></span></span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tentative programme of work can be downloaded from
<a href="http://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2018/06/COP11-CRPD-Programme.6-June-AM.docx">
here</a> (as of 6 June 2018). Please note that the programme is subject to change. For the most updated version, visit
<a href="https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/conference-of-states-parties-to-the-convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities-2/cosp11.html%20">
here</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Background Notes:</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p style="margin-left:60.0pt"><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">- Roundtable One</span></strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">: National fiscal space, public-private partnerships and international
cooperation for strengthening the implementation of the CRPD <a href="https://undocs.org/en/CRPD/CSP/2018/1"><span style="color:#0066CC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">(</span></a><a href="https://undocs.org/en/CRPD/CSP/2018/2"><span style="color:#0066CC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">English</span></a><span style="color:#404040"> | </span><a href="https://undocs.org/fr/CRPD/CSP/2018/2"><span style="color:#0066CC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Français</span></a><span style="color:#404040"> | </span><a href="https://undocs.org/es/CRPD/CSP/2018/2"><span style="color:#0066CC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Español</span></a><span style="color:#404040"> | </span><a href="https://undocs.org/ru/CRPD/CSP/2018/2"><span style="color:#0066CC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Русский</span></a><span style="color:#404040"> |</span><a href="https://undocs.org/ar/CRPD/CSP/2018/2">
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عربي</span></a><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color:#404040"><span dir="LTR"></span> | </span><a href="https://undocs.org/zh/CRPD/CSP/2018/2"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0066CC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">中文</span></a><a href="https://undocs.org/en/CRPD/CSP/2018/1"><span style="color:#0066CC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">)</span></a><span style="color:#404040">;</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left:60.0pt"><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">- Roundtable Two</span></strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">: Women and girls with Disabilities (</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><a href="https://undocs.org/en/CRPD/CSP/2018/3"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0066CC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">English</span></a></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#404040"> | </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><a href="https://undocs.org/fr/CRPD/CSP/2018/3"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0066CC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Français</span></a></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#404040"> | </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><a href="https://undocs.org/es/CRPD/CSP/2018/3"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0066CC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Español</span></a></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#404040"> | </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><a href="https://undocs.org/ru/CRPD/CSP/2018/3"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0066CC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Русский</span></a></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#404040"> |</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><a href="https://undocs.org/ar/CRPD/CSP/2018/3"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
</span><span lang="AR-SA" dir="RTL" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0066CC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">عربي</span></a></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#404040"><span dir="LTR"></span> | </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><a href="https://undocs.org/zh/CRPD/CSP/2018/3"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0066CC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">中文</span></a></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0066CC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"><a href="https://undocs.org/en/CRPD/CSP/2018/1">);</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left:60.0pt"><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">- Roundtable Three</span></strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">: Political participation and equal recognition before the law </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><a href="https://undocs.org/en/CRPD/CSP/2018/1"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0066CC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;background:white">(</span></a><a href="https://undocs.org/en/CRPD/CSP/2018/4"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0066CC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;background:white">English</span></a></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#404040;background:white"> | </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><a href="https://undocs.org/fr/CRPD/CSP/2018/4"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0066CC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;background:white">Français</span></a></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#404040;background:white"> | </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><a href="https://undocs.org/es/CRPD/CSP/2018/4"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0066CC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;background:white">Español</span></a></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#404040;background:white"> | </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><a href="https://undocs.org/ru/CRPD/CSP/2018/4"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0066CC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;background:white">Русский</span></a></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#404040;background:white"> |</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><a href="https://undocs.org/ar/CRPD/CSP/2018/4"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">
</span><span lang="AR-SA" dir="RTL" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0066CC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;background:white">عربي</span></a></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#404040;background:white"><span dir="LTR"></span> | </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><a href="https://undocs.org/zh/CRPD/CSP/2018/4"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0066CC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;background:white">中文</span></a><a href="https://undocs.org/en/CRPD/CSP/2018/1"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0066CC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;background:white">);</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://papersmart.unmeetings.org/convention-treaty/crpd/cosp-crpd/11th-session/programme/"><span style="color:#0066CC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">PaperSmart Portal</span></a> (for
document/statements; queries: <a href="mailto:papersmart4@un.org"><span style="color:#0066CC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">papersmart4@un.org</span></a><span style="color:#404040">)</span></span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Information on the election of the Members of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities can be found at the
</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><a href="http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CRPD/Pages/Elections2018.aspx"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">OHCHR’s website</span></a></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">. </span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Guidance note on the General Debate can be found from
<a href="http://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2018/05/Guidance-Note-on-General-Debate-.docx">
here</a>. </span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Side events</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The List of side events is posted online. Download from
<a href="http://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2018/06/COSP11-List-SideEvents-6June-2.doc">
here</a> (as of 6 June 2018). Please note that the list is subject to change. <span style="background:white">For the most updated version, visit </span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><a href="https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/conference-of-states-parties-to-the-convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities-2/cosp11.html%20"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">here</span></a></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Accessibility:</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The United Nations Secretariat is committed to promote accessibility and provisions of reasonable accommodation within the UN system.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The <a href="http://www.un.org/accessibilitycentre/"><span style="color:#0066CC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Accessibility Centre</span></a> at
UN Headquarters provides equipment and services to delegates and NGO participants at the Conference. Devices can be borrowed by submitting a valid Photo ID and are for use on UN premises only.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Accessibility Centre will extend its opening hours during the COSP11 as follows:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">11 June, 9:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.<br>
12 June: 8:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.<br>
13 June: 9:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.<br>
14 June: 9:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">(Queries? Contact: <a href="mailto:AccessibilityCentre@un.org"><span style="color:#0066CC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">AccessibilityCentre@un.org</span></a><span style="color:#404040">)</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The products and services available include:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">List of Devices available at the Accessibility Centre is available for
</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">download from
<a href="http://www.un.org/disabilities/documents/COP/accesibility_center_devices.docx">
here</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:12.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo7;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wheelchair charging provisions at various locations around UN Headquarters</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:12.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo7;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Staffed desk to provide assistance on borrowing and using the devices</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Devices are loaned daily on a first-come, first-served basis. Devices are in limited quantity and must be signed for and returned on the same day
no later than 5:00 p.m.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Conference website:</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information on the COSP11, please visit the following link:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/conference-of-states-parties-to-the-convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities-2/cosp11.html">https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/conference-of-states-parties-to-the-convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities-2/cosp11.html</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Programme on Disability/Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Division for Inclusive Social Development (DISD)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">United Nations Headquarters, New York, NY 10017, USA</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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