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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"> IDA_CRPD_Forum@yahoogroups.com [mailto:IDA_CRPD_Forum@yahoogroups.com]
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<b>Subject:</b> [IDA_CRPD_Forum] INFO: Results of CRPD Committee Elections at the 11th CoSP<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Today 12 June 2018, the elections for 9 seats for the CRPD Committee took place on the first day of the 11th Conference of States Parties to the CRPD.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">IDA congratulates the re-elected and newly elected candidates, whose term will term will begin in 2019:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Markus Schefer (Switzerland)</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Ms Mara Gabrilli (Brazil) </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">The election of the new 6 women and 3 men will lead to a composition of <u>12 men and 6 women on the CRPD Committee,</u> for the period <span style="background:#F3F4F9">of</span> 2019
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