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<p class="MsoNormal">Good morning to all from Fiji,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Earlier this year the OHCHR published its first report on support and care systems. For the second thematic report the OHCHR is calling for good practices to ensure community inclusion of persons with disabilities.
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<p class="MsoNormal">This is an important opportunity for CBID/CBR practitioners and advocates to highlight the strength of our work in low and middle income countries. OHCHR has developed a questionnaire as a basis for collecting this information. The questionnaire
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<p class="MsoNormal">The topic of the report is <span class="text--body-copy">"good practices on support systems to ensure
<b>community inclusion of persons with disabilities</b>, including as a means of building forward better after the COVID-19 pandemic". The deadline for the submissions is
<b>1 August 2023 (COB)</b>. There is a guiding questionnaire, which is available at:
<a href="https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/issues/disability/cfi-hrc-49-12-disability/Note-Verbale-Res-49-12-States-EN.pdf">
https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/issues/disability/cfi-hrc-49-12-disability/Note-Verbale-Res-49-12-States-EN.pdf</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family:"Amasis MT Pro",serif;color:#1F497D">Vinaka and Kind Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family:"Amasis MT Pro",serif;color:#1F497D">Paradise Tabucala</span></b><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family:"Amasis MT Pro",serif;color:#1F497D"> <b>| Public Relations & Comms
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.pacificdisability.org/"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="177" height="191" style="width:1.8472in;height:1.993in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D9A5A9.D4C1B160"></span></a></span><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family:"Amasis MT Pro",serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family:"Amasis MT Pro",serif;color:#1F497D">Pacific Disability Forum | Ground Floor, Kadavu House, Victoria Parade<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family:"Amasis MT Pro",serif;color:#1F497D">GPO Box 18458 Suva, Fiji<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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