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<p class="MsoHeader" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">16th Session of the Conference of State Parties (COSP) to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">Harmonizing national policies and strategies with the CRPD: Pacific achievement and challenges around core policy
instruments and disability services.</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoHeader"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Date:</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"> Thursday 15 June 2023
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<p class="MsoHeader"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Time:</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"> 4.45pm – 6.00pm (New York time)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoHeader"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Venue (face-to-face):</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">
<span style="color:#212121">UNPRPD Meeting Room - Amartya Conference Room</span></span><b><i><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">,
</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#212121">304 East 45th Street, New York, NY,10017. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#212121">Join us online</span></i></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#212121">
<b>at</b> :<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87548442610" title="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87548442610"><span style="color:#0078D7">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87548442610</span></a><span style="color:#212121">
(<b>Meeting ID:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>875 4844 2610)</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#212121"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Background:</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Realising the rights of persons with disabilities requires legal harmonization, policy reforms, available disaggregated data, and adequate
resourcing to ensure that persons with disabilities enjoy the basic human rights, access services, and live independently.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">While we welcome progress made in the past five years to reform legislation and policies, applaud the efforts to include the Washington
Group questions in census and survey, however, this has not translated into adequate resourcing to ensure persons with disabilities can access services, secure adequate income, have employment opportunities and access education amongst others, Persons with
disabilities are amongst the poorest with poor health and education outcome. </span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">The side event will discuss some key achievements and challenges in reforming legislation and policies and translating data into policy
and program intervention with the adequate level of resourcing needed for reach and coverage in the Pacific.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Moderator: Ms. Lisa Lamont Adams, Research and Diversity Advisor,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Welcoming remarks:
<span style="color:#2F5496">Mr. </span></span></i></b><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">Setareki Macanawai, Chief Executive Officer, Pacific Disability Forum
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Opening Statement:</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">
</span><b><i><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">Ms. Andrea Cole, Director, Disability Equity and Rights, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Government of Australia.
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<b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Speaker 1 – Mr.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"> Rioli Deldeab Deduna,
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Director, Department of People Living with Disability,
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</b><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Ms. Princess Heleina Raukete,
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Manager Social Policy & Services</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:windowtext">, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Government of Cook Island</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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</b><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Ms. Faatino Utumapu,
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">General Manager, Nuanua O’ Le Alofa (National OPD)</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:windowtext">, Samoa
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</b><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Ms. Nelly Caleb,
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">National Coordinator, Vanuatu Disability Promotion & Advocacy (National OPD),
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</span></b><b><i><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">Ms Paula Tesoriero, Chief Executive of Whaikaha, Ministry of Disabled People, Head of the New Zealand Delegation to COSP16, Government of
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