<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Message notes & thank you.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Regards</div><div dir="auto">Riddell.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div id="composer_signature" dir="auto"><div style="font-size:85%;color:#575757" dir="auto">Sent from my Galaxy</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br></div><div align="left" dir="auto" style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Paradise Tabucala <Paradise.Tabucala@pacificdisability.org> </div><div>Date: 30/9/21 5:07 am (GMT+08:00) </div><div>To: pdflist@lists.pacificdisability.org, pdf-women@lists.pacificdisability.org, pdf-youth@lists.pacificdisability.org </div><div>Subject: [PDFlist] Invitation to 2nd Global Consultation for the WHO-UNICEF Global Report on Assistive Technology, 27-28 October 2021 </div><div><br></div></div>
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<p style="margin:0cm;vertical-align:baseline" class="paragraph"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">Dear Global Assistive Technology Stakeholder</span></span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;vertical-align:baseline" class="paragraph"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB">It is our pleasure to invite you to participate in the <b>Second Global Consultation
for the</b> <b>WHO-UNICEF Global Report on Assistive Technology (GReAT)</b> to be held virtually on <b>27–28 October 2021</b>.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-US"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB">What is the consultation about?
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<p><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB">The Global Report on Assistive Technology is mandated by the Seventy-first World Health Assembly resolution (WHA71.8) to improve access to assistive technology. </span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201F1E" lang="EN-GB">The
global consultation aims to gather global Assistive Technology stakeholders to discuss the findings and the recommendations of the global report, which will be published in 2022. </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201F1E" lang="EN-US"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;vertical-align:baseline" class="paragraph"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201F1E" lang="EN-GB">This two-day consultation will feature plenary panel sessions and parallel break-out sessions
for moderated discussion on six key topics. We look forward to your active contribution, which will enable the GReAT </span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB">Expert Advisory Group
and the E<span style="color:#201F1E">ditorial </span>C<span style="color:#201F1E">ommittee to hear your feedback and to build consensus on the recommendations for the Global Report. <b>You can find the programme
</b></span><b>overview <span style="color:#201F1E">attached to this email.</span></b></span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201F1E" lang="EN-US"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;vertical-align:baseline" class="paragraph"><span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">How to register to the
</span></b></span><span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">event (by Friday 8 October): </span></b></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;vertical-align:baseline" class="paragraph"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB">Register your details and select your break-out sessions online:
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US"><a href="https://indico.un.org/e/Second_GReAT_Consultation"><b>https://indico.un.org/e/Second_GReAT_Consultation</b></a>.
</span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB">Instructions for registering are attached to this email. Please use Google Chrome, Firefox or Microsoft Edge. </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;vertical-align:baseline" class="paragraph"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB">If you have any questions</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB">,
difficulties registering, or requests related to accessibility, <span style="color:black">
please contact </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:great@who.int"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="text-decoration:none" lang="EN-GB">great@who.int</span></span></a></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB">.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-US"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;vertical-align:baseline" class="paragraph"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB">With best regards,</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-US"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;vertical-align:baseline" class="paragraph"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">WHO-UNICEF Global Consultation Organizing Committee</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201F1E" lang="EN-US"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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