<div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4" color="#000000">Dear Asia Pacific Disability Constituency Colleagues, Partners, and Friends,<br></font><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4" color="#000000">Since its inaugural session in 2014, the APFSD has brought governments, civil society, the private sector, and other stakeholders together to prepare for the HLPF and to support regional efforts to accelerate the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. As high levels of commitment and action from stakeholders in this region have boosted the quality of dialogue at the APFSD, ESCAP invites you to contribute through the following:</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4" color="#000000"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">Asia-Pacific People’s Forum on Sustainable Development (APPFSD):</span> March 2023 (dates TBD)</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4" style=""><font color="#000000">To participate in the main plenary and roundtable breakout sessions of the APFSD and the preparatory People's Forums:</font><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://www.unescap.org/events/2023/apfsd10-call-stakeholder-participation" style="color:rgb(15,76,129);box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent"><em style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">Visit our site</span></em></a><font color="#4d4d4d"> or </font><a href="https://forms.office.com/r/6cVfGXmdW2" title="Registration link" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:rgb(15,76,129);box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent"><em style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">Register here</span></em></a></font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif" style="" color="#000000">Deadline to submit an application is 31 December 2022.</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4" color="#000000"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) Youth Forum 2023</span>: 18-20 March 2023 (tentatively) </font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4" style=""><font color="#000000">To view the previous year's Youth Forum please</font><font color="#4d4d4d"> </font><em style="color:rgb(77,77,77);box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder"><a href="https://arrow.org.my/apfsdyouthforum/upcoming-forum/" title="youth event forum" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(15,76,129);background-color:transparent">click here</a> </span></em><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeHhvfezTiQyoAsgxUUrM_UNkb32DwOYeWrCqApyKsJ5A7BeA/viewform" title="Registration link" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:rgb(15,76,129);box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent"><em style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">Register here</span></em></a></font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4" style="" color="#000000">Side Events at the APFSD:</font></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4" color="#000000">More information coming soon</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4" color="#000000">Pavilion of Partnerships at the APFSD:</font></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="" size="4" color="#000000">More information coming soon</font></p></div></div>