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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"> 'Talin Avades' via IDA Board [<a href="mailto:IDAboard@googlegroups.com">mailto:IDAboard@googlegroups.com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 25 March 2020 5:47 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:crpd-forum@groups.io">crpd-forum@groups.io</a> Group Moderators <<a href="mailto:crpd-forum@groups.io">crpd-forum@groups.io</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [IDA Board: confidential] [COSP13] Information on postponement of the Conference of States Parties<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="background:yellow">REFERENCE: 13th session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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The Bureau of the Conference of States Parties to the CRPD decided at its extraordinary meeting of the Bureau on 20 March 2020 to <b>postpone the 13th session of the Conference to the second week of December 2020</b>. The exact dates are yet to be determined.
The decision also included that, for the time being, the overarching theme, the sub-themes and the selected panelists of the three-roundtable discussion remain in place as confirmed at this extraordinary meeting.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please find the official letter shared with us from the President of the Conference. We will share more information as and when it comes. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In the meantime, please keep up to date on COVID19 and the disability movement through
<a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http%3a%2f%2fwww.internationaldisabilityalliance.org%2fcovid-19&c=E,1,bcXqeH5DMgpFVB39pvUSpyrGbwJMp3YdvDglnpRf4RjZa0hWclxYT_mnz-EvvmKV51nYSu-pFtZ7lb4xgoQj5g8zvqvkr-Lf0eFAT8dbpBqVeHNR&typo=1">
IDA's dedicated resource page</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The International Disability Alliance<o:p></o:p></p>
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