um it is my utmost pleasure to welcome um a dear friend of the zero project Ambassador Richard Sidler well thank you very much uh team and thank you very much Catherine uh My secret is that I always wanted to be an academic so I'm honored to sit next to you Doctor ambassador well will dear colleagues um uh dear attendees for me it is a real honor and a privilege to be here I wanted to say thank you to the organizers of the xero project conference and to all the participants for coming together to collaborate on and work with determination towards a world where there are no barriers to persons with disabilities and their families for a world with zero barriers zero walls zero limits this conference is a great opportunity to network collaborate and amplify local experience strategy and solutions at a global level it is a powerful Network it creates powerful Networks these are the sort of networks the Civil Society networks which working with governments driving governments working with diplomats and international civil servants produced Milestones like the UN convention on the rights of persons with disabilities we all have a role to play in encouraging governments and peoples to sign and to genuinely Implement key conventions like the Disability Rights Convention we all have a role to play in striving for inclusion for all I care deeply about this both as an Australian diplomat and as the father of a teenager with a disability with Down Syndrome because of this I I'm delighted and pleased to be one part just one part of a zero project initiative the ambassador's circle which is working here in Vienna to advance disability inclusion using diplomatic Network and what influence we can wield and what influence we can bear to try and achieve the sort of things that Catherine has so eloquently outlined for us I know with the zero project and my colleagues we would welcome ideas as to how we can do this more effectively and with more impact and we would always appreciate hearing from you about this whether it's in sessions like this or feel free to reach out to us unconscious that time is very short but as an Australian diplomat it would be remiss of me if I did not mention briefly the efforts that Australia makes in its diplomacy to try and Advance discipline disability inclusion and to try and achieve the sort of things that Catherine has outlined foreign is committed to removing barriers to inclusion both at home and internationally we strive to ensure our commitments are matched by action Catherine's point about walking the talk my own Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and trade recognizes its important responsibility to reflect represent an advocate for Australia's diversity this includes all persons with disabilities and their communities and Families I'm proud that Australian Rosemary kalis was re-elected to the UN committee on the rights of persons with disabilities in June last year and continues to advance that committee's vital work in Australia's diplomacy advancing disability disability inclusion is a cross-cutting priority it's reflected in our development programs our humanitarian efforts a multilateral engagement and our human rights advocacy by way of a small example I have the honor of being Australia's ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina where our embassies direct aid program supports local ngos providing training education and social inclusion opportunities for young persons with disabilities my diplomatic colleagues throughout the world are working to undertake similar projects and support similar projects very conscious of the time I'll leave my comments on Australia there but I'm delighted I'm absolutely delighted to be sitting next to Simon green I am very conscious that during the opening session of this conference the point was made that it is vital to hear all voices and that the youth the young have different and fresh perspectives different tools and different challenges and their voices should be very loud ones in every conference and thus really really pleased to welcome and to pass to a fellow Australian from the great state of Victoria Simon green who is the program coordinator for the youth youth disability advisory services in Victoria Australia a very Innovative and highly capable service with fresh ideas and perspectives Simon will provide us with some great insights into the importance of engaging young people with disabilities in international affairs thank you Simon thank you very much Ambassador hello my name is Simon I'll sign it in auslan slightly different s i m o n two hands so one-handed I can always spot I can always spot American sign I use he him pronouns I am a white man who's nearly 40 with a big brown beard shaved head wearing a purple flannel shirt and I have a chronic illness called cystic fibrosis I'd like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land that I live and grow up on in Australia Nations and pay respect to their Elders who have cared for the country for tens of thousands of years so I work for youth disability advocacy service part of Youth Affairs Council Victoria and I'm here because our leadership program for disabled young people want a prestigious zero project award for which I will be eternally grateful now I am a diplomatic neophyte but when I was thinking what I could offer you find people who are very skilled and knowledgeable in disability and access I realized I need to talk about our youth so first I need you all to know that young disabled people are quakingly passionate about the issues that affect us globally climate change is enormous to them they're already grappling with the future they inherited they know that our mistakes are coming to bite them mental health is also huge in the minds of young Australians we've had two Royal commissions recently one about mental health and one about people with disability in both of those when given the chance our young people gave a huge amount of ideas recommendations change and outcomes that they want to see our young levers program graduates all Advocate on different levels of government on a whole range of issues they care deeply about that includes the rights of lgbtiqa plus migrant and Refugee and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities the vociferous on the need for intersectionality and they go to Great personal lengths to live those values young people join our youth Parliament where they take bills through the Democratic process we have a young leader who joined a un program focused on youth mental health and the development of community-based preventative action another young leader went to Northern Ireland and presented and facilitated with young workers in Derry on how to make their practice more inclusive and accessible yet another of our young leaders is president of U.N youth in Victoria and they can name every single national flag by sight and it is very breathtaking to behold it's like a party trick there's a common misconception though that young people aren't as engaged people who say that just aren't looking hard enough disabled young people are Fierce passionate advocates for Change and we need to create or recreate the structures that enable participation I'm no longer young so when I think about the difference between a young person and an older person the only thing I really think of is time older people have had more time on the planet those of us who have used our extra time to gain knowledge experience and most importantly to make a copious amount of mistakes we can share the mistake we can offer as older folks we can offer disabled young people mentorship we can share the mistakes we've made and what we've learned from them we can offer them opportunities wherever possible and most precious of all once they've gained the confidence and preparation they need we need to get out of their way young people have energy they have optimism they have hope these are the things where older people can sometimes dismiss we say oh it's been done before that doesn't work ah the I the idealism of Youth do you remember being told that when you were a kid do you remember how Furious it made you we need to empower and encourage that energy and that hope and work together with our disabled young colleagues to convert that into change we need New Paths and new directions for the human species and it's young people's role it always has been to take what we did in the past and change it to make it better so I want to urge us all to do all we can to get out of the way for that better world thank you very much [Applause] thank you for that Simon and I would like to just take this moment also to acknowledge our International sign language interpreters who are with us remotely and our American Sign Language interpreters in the room thank you for ensuring that we are able to have this event accessible and we appreciate all you do three-day conference long hours um it's not easy so we see you and we appreciate you with that being said yes with that being said I would like to welcome the most distinguished Ambassador JD mazumdar and would like to invite India to present its perspective on disability inclusion both from The Diplomatic side and from our civil society side thank you very much and uh right like Richard I'm delighted to share the stage with my diplomatic colleagues and with the representatives of all the wonderful organizations from the countries that they represent who are here today at this very meaningful event well as you know uh India has or will very soon be the largest population in the world when we were in school we would say we would learn that India adds one Australia every year but since then Australia has itself grown so we can't keep up but by the last census about 2.2 percent of India's total population had one form of disability or the other and this is 30 million people this is more than three times the entire population of Austria so you can imagine the scale of the challenges and indeed of the opportunities for good work that this represents so India was one of the first countries to ratify the U.N convention on the rights of persons with disabilities much before it came into effect the government of India has a whole department for the empowerment of persons with disabilities we have adopted a rights-based approach to assisting persons with disabilities we have legislation for free education for disabled children between the ages of 6 and 18.
Reservation of five percent seats in educational institutions run by the government and local governments four percent of government jobs are reserved and we have designated Courts for special for cases of violation of rights of the disabled and so on the government has also launched a scheme for promoting research and development of service models and programs assistive technology and development of devices much like the zero project we have a national award for the empowerment of persons with disabilities in areas such as creativity in sports the best state the best district and in applied research as well as the most accessible website because it is important that in addition to the real world the digital space is made equally accessible to all and it is civil society and ngos that remain the most important pillar for the implementation of our national policy for persons with disabilities now how can diplomacy help disability inclusion as diplomats on the one hand we our job is to promote good relations with other governments to acquire Investments and markets and Technology but on the other hand it is also to share our culture our Cuisine our movies our ideas and our experiences with the rest of the world and because you have been listening so patiently so far I will let you into a little secret as diplomats we are required to speak knowledgeably about almost everything under the sun and sometimes Beyond the reality though is somewhat different and our job is really to build links between people and organizations that really know what they are talking about because they have a lot to share and they can benefit the many and in the area of disability inclusion this is essentially what the zero project is doing by bringing you all together and we as diplomats must take this forward I am therefore delighted to hand over to Kavita from the bapu trust one of the awardees of the zero project from India this year and one of the foremost organizations engaged in mental health issues in India to share with you their work and the insights that they have gained in addressing one of the most pervasive disabilities of our times over to you yeah sure you have a microphone thank you so much sir uh honorable chair miss Catherine Johnson his Eminence honorable and eminent panel members ladies and gentlemen I am Kavita Nair board member with the bapu trust for research on mind and discourse I'm a 45 year old Indian woman have black hair I'm wearing reading glasses I'm wearing a red blouse with a black jacket and a gravelin scarf it is an honor for me to be speaking today with our ambassador to Austria his eminence the bapu trust has been working in low-income communities for the past 23 years we adopted the vision of Psychosocial sustainability leading to caring communities we have worked tirelessly to transform communities urban semi-urban and rural for inclusion of persons with disabilities we have harnessed the strengths of the Indian indigenous social cultural and Community Systems to plan for as well as achieve outcomes of well-being and inclusion for the most excluded groups of persons with disabilities we have showcased evidence base as well as potential for scaling here and have been honored to receive the zero project award we are very proud to say here today that the strength of the Indian societies have made a successful in our psychosocial inclusion programs individuals and families that are healthy well and emotionally resilient contribute to psychosocial ecosystem of their neighborhood present-day India is seeing huge positive shifts economically and in development in our communities we have seen the impact of mass campings like swachh Bharat abhiyan digitalization Road connectivity connectivity availability of Public Health Services health insurance education for lifelong learning skill development and more recently camping on elevating sportsmanship we have seen tireless initiatives to prepare all regulatory systems private and public for National leadership self-reliance at the national level resonates with the bapu trust which is practice self-reliance for well-being at the Grassroots since long how to do this what is it about the Indian and Asian social systems that encultures inclusion more naturally a World Health Organization study in the 1970s found that traditional social systems are a big support system for persons with high support needs including persons with mental health conditions families and neighborhoods living simple lives will go that extra mile when educated on disabilities to provide care and support we enjoy high social capital even today more frequently than not there is trust cooperation and altruism in informal support Networks with a little bit of moral nudge exhaustive awareness programs on disability inclusion and ample availability of Social Services close to the households families can support their relatives with disabilities in low-income and middle income groups these double up as core support systems and structures within which individuals do Thrive and flourish peace non-violent and supportive communication self-care practices peer and group networks and resourcing the collective occurs within households and within groups of people who stay together in the same neighborhood this Machinery in context of disability inclusion is naturally occurring efficient and accountable native to Asia Pacific Africa and Latin American nations these systems and practices do need a recognition and a policy boost supported by International cooperation policy in India must shift from mental Asylum culture left behind our colonizers to more decolonized and Indigenous ways of healing and Recovery India has a vast reservoir of practices contained in the capsule of ayurveda yogesh unani ayurveda yoga unani siddhi and Homeopathy these must be ingrained into public health systems at all levels supporting communities and families with the cost of disability inclusion such as personal assistance support for running support networks could be considered there are good practices like the bapu trust in India and in the Asia Pacific region as living examples like my colleague here said let's do all we can for building a better better better world thank you if I can if I could just conclude very briefly thank you Kavita for that Exposition we had we had only time for one of the examples of the of good work in India we have more than half a dozen Indian organizations here in attending the conference and doing a fantastic work and they are all eager to carry their models their experiences to promote disability inclusion outside India as well and this year India is the president of the G20 and our motto is vasudeva kutumbakam which basically translates into one world one family one future and if we could through our diplomacy succeed in this endeavor I think we would consider ourselves successful thank you thank you Ambassador and to to elaborate on that I encourage all of you to come to the policy maker Forum in the afternoon where the distinguished will be also elaborating on India's uh forward-looking role when it comes to be coming assistive technology Powerhouse and exporting to Innovations there as well we've heard from Australia we've heard from India we will now do a rolling diplomacy switch and first of all give a warm Applause again to all the speakers and we will now welcome um the distinguished ambassador of Israel and of Spain in their respective uh zero project devotees to the stage bear with us as we do this administrative switch thank you and we'll take this time to review the ABCs everybody that wants to read practice again we've got a b c d e f g H for hiring i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z and we're ready thank you Catherine and now everyone's gonna have to spell back uh thank you to Catherine and uh thank you following the path of innovation we've heard from I would like to take this opportunity to also introduce a dear friend of the zero project and zero project Ambassador Circle member um Ambassador Motorhead Road code stage is yours thank you very much thank you very much my name is ambassador of Israel I have a graying hair I wear blue suit white shirt and a blue tie dear colleagues dear friends we can all be very proud to be members of the zero project Ambassador Circle where for the very first time for the best of our knowledge the international Diplomatic Corps anywhere in the world let the groundwork for a new kind of diplomacy once one which we could call social impact diplomacy the concept is simple just as we use the tools of diplomacy and diplomatic missions the world over to promote our country's traditional interests bilateral multilateral relations economic ties cultural Affairs and Beyond so too can we put the advantages of our profession to use in advancing social impact on a global scale most certainly when it comes to promoting the rights of people with disabilities in the context of this conference perhaps the most logical place to start with social impact diplomacy is government to government Israel has a population of about nine and a half million citizens of which 17 percent are people that see themselves as having some sort of a disability be it mental or physical this corresponds to the average numbers in other countries in the world Israel is proud to have a commissioner for the equal rights of persons with disabilities today Mr Dan rashal who is also present here at the conference the commissioner operates out of our Justice Ministry whose work has was recognized last year by the zero project and our foreign Ministry is assisting him in meeting with counterparts wherever he travels such encounters are an essential part of our social impact diplomacy they ensure face-to-face exchanges of shared less recommended and best practices in critical areas such as policy and implementation we at Israel's foreign Ministry not only facilitate when the opportunity presents itself we actively encourage and work to initiate such activity Israeli diplomacy makes sure that relevant officials represent us in multilateral forward dealing with the sdgs particularly here in Vienna as well as in Geneva and in New York making sure to promote the ethics of living no one behind this reflects also an essential value of Israeli Society striving to be open and inclusive we also partner when possible with our social Affairs Ministry which leads Israel's Grassroots activity for people with disability both to help them in reaching counterparts in the international area and also to make sure that the excellent work gets recognition on the global stage such as at this conference this year and in the media Israel is known worldwide as the startup Nation given its leadership in Social and technological innovations the large Israeli delegation here at this conference gives testimony to our achievements and his well-being an impact Nation as we call it and I am delighted to sit next to a French term from the jdc Israel whose dedicated work plays a crucial role for inclusion especially since the public private partnership is the essence of activities to promote social impact and equality it is only natural that our diplomats also work regularly with Israel's robust Civil Society toward the same ends as our governmental activity creating Partnerships encouraging shared practices raising awareness and enhancing visibility I'll end my remarks with a word about Israel's foreign Ministry looking inward in recent years we have seen an impressive growth in promoting the rights of people with disabilities in our own house we continue to move forward in educating our diplomats and local staff our employees in general seeking ways to improve accessibility and of course integrating people with disabilities in our Workforce I had the privilege in my former position to implement this by myself in the department I was heading in this context I am particularly proud both of the work of our internal diversity committee and of the growing number of people with disabilities among our Ministries national service volunteers I would be happy to share with my colleagues in the Diplomatic corpse our experience in everything I mentioned here today and of course we are eager to learn from others that to me is what socially impaired social impact diplomacy is all about kudos to the zero project for encouraging us to further move in this direction shalom [Applause] thank you Ambassador for your insights and for your work to make um positive social impact through the policy so uh hello everyone my name is frat Stern and I'm the director of jdc Israel unlimited jdc Israel unlimited is a partnership between the jdc the largest International humanitarian Jewish organization and the Israeli government and together we close gaps and maximize independent living for people with disabilities in Israel and around the world I'm very happy to be here this morning as a part of intern this right the PowerPoint thank you as a part of international organization we have connection in over 70 countries 70 countries around the world and I see the Deep Impact of having International goals learning opportunities and cooperation in the field of disabilities one of the most important guides in the is the UN conventions for the rights of persons with disabilities the crpd is a tool that clearly defines the rights of all people with disabilities and what we do to and what we need to do as governments as societies and social organizations to make sure these rights are realized the convention sets and creates common language between countries so the best practices and services are implemented and constructive policies are promoted across the globe in Israel in jdc Israel unlimited we implemented the standards of the convention in our program Pilots were and are adopted by the government and translated into policy this common language and shared standard gave us in Israel a starting point or place for social services law for people with disabilities that passed in the Israel icon asset last June our one fundamental right in the clpd and promoted by the Israeli law is the right of people with disabilities to live independently in the community ten years ago jdc Israel unlimited developed a program that provided the everyday support for with a for a person with disabilities that wants to live independently in the community today I'm thrilled to say that we are here again to receive the award this time for our expanded program that makes independent living a possibility for people with even more severe disabilities and this is exactly an example of how policy creates change in the reality a good change in the reality of people with disabilities but we couldn't do this alone we have built a network of people with disabilities their families their communities we collaborate with organizations in the field and we partner with the Israeli government to create change we export and we import information and knowledge to other countries sharing our work what does what we succeed what what doesn't succeed what are our Challengers what our successes in the past 10 years as a country we have made great progress in the inclusion of people with disabilities in society through policy International cooperation and changing attitudes diplomacy is not a goal or end for itself it is a tool to achieve policy like here the zero project everyone is an ambassador for their country as people engaging in diplomacy and in work to remove barriers for people with disabilities we must walk the talk like some of my colleagues here mentioned today both in diplomacy and in our day-to-day we have to ask ourselves questions like how many people with disabilities are working in diplomacy and our diplomatic sessions entirely accessible for all kinds of disabilities and this value of nothing about us without us applies in times of Crisis as well jdc's work in the over the past year in Ukraine and in Turkey just in the past two weeks has sought to support people with disabilities through times of Crisis inclusion cannot be a value when things are going well or not just in these times on the contrary it is in more important to provide support to people with disabilities when are when they face crisis so maybe three key takeaways from today the first one is diplomacy is our tool to creating International Benchmark for Global change the knowledge of people with disabilities must inform all decisions and we must ensure that all action in The Diplomatic field must be inclusive I am very proud to work with the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and of course the zero project is our partners in this field but as important as the UN and programs like the xero are the real power of diplomacy rests with all of us here in this room and here in this conference the connections from this week have the potential to shape National and international policy I know that I will meet someone I will reach out for someone a totally different from the place that I know or where I come from I will find something about their approach to inclusivity to take home with me and give them something to take home with them this is how diplomacy generates change thank you very much [Applause] for sharing your experiences and your approaches to inclusive diplomacy now last but certainly not least I have the distinguished pleasure to welcome another member of the zero project Ambassador Circle actually all of the ambassadors you've heard from today are part of the zero project Ambassador Circle an idea we launched here one year ago the idea being a simple one to have a diplomatic Collective centered around disability inclusion where ambassadors can learn from us but also learn from each other and I think you're seeing it by each intervention today how this is coming to a fruition how this is working and the joint steps were taken and I can tell you that we have also the quantitative data that the interaction with these respective embassies has yielded higher and higher nominations from the respective countries we're working with this applies to Australia this applies to India and this applies to Israel this applies to Spain we're getting in touch with more organizations and individuals we have never even fathomed or were aware of and the great work they do and we're eternally thankful for the time you give us especially also Ambassador Christina fry thank you for being with us stage is yours thank you very much and thank you for inviting Ferran and I to attend this panel it's really an honor to be sitting here with you especially with you um since I am taking the floor we are taking the floor in the in the last place we have the privilege of going from the general principles which I think all of the general ideas have already been presented I would like to go a little bit into detail and give you some examples on how diplomacy can can help disability inclusion so I think four things are needed to attain real social change and provide a real chance for Effective and real inclusion of persons with disabilities the first is a good legal basis and we have already heard a lot about the UN conventions on on the right of persons with disabilities and how it has impacted National legislations and international Awareness on the importance to include in our Societies in all aspects of our societies persons with all sorts of disabilities um it has impacted the Spanish legislation as well and we have adopted um after we became a party to the U.N convention we have adopted new legislation to enhance and to adapt uh our laws to what was required by the U.N framework for example in the Diplomatic career there is an obligation a legal obligation to include persons with disabilities in the state examinations to take in persons with disabilities they need to go through the same process as everybody else with the necessary adaptations so I'll give you an example I have a colleague who is a wheelchair user and what barriers does he encounter when trying to go abroad and represent Spain by being part of an embassy well when picking up the country that he wants to be appointed to he needs to be aware of the conditions in that country so he cannot be sent in just anywhere in the world because not every country in the world has adapted buildings adapted lifts adapted streets for him to perform his work normally so by talking openly about these issues in a panel like this we can create more International awareness about changes that need to be done for our diplomats also those with disabilities being able to carry out their job abroad we have also we need also second thing political will not only real um legal basis but also the political will to um have um to adopt policy that really have a meaningful uh impact and minimum meaningful change in in the ministry for foreign affairs in Spain we have recently created a new position which is the ambassador at large with for the rights of persons with disabilities and by the way I spoke with him yesterday and he would be more than willing to attend this conference next year if you invite him I think so and he himself has a disability and he's working on all these issues on how to adapt for example our state examinations to take in more diplomats every year um third thing that we need financial means because many of the adaptations that are needed you know depend not only on the legal basis and the political will but also on the money that it costs you know to do that for example the adaptations in the in the state examinations to to become a diplomat but one of the most important things and one of the things that I'm most proud of in in Spain is the social awareness and the ver the extremely rich network of ngos that we have the privilege of having in Spain of ngos that work tirelessly to um fill in the gaps of everything that the state or the regions or the local authorities are not able to do they do it and um this this awareness this social awareness I think is one of the most important things also in the sense that um when you are trying to overcome the barriers um that persons with disabilities must face I think awareness is the most important thing we have had when I was working human rights in the ministry for foreign affairs we had a program to send abroad interns and some of these interns who wanted to work in our for example in our permanent mission in Geneva in human rights bodies or in New York had disabilities and some of them were blind and we encountered the first barrier that was the ignorance of the our colleagues working in those missions who were very scared and said but no no we cannot do this we can you know a person who is blind cannot work here because you know you need to read you need to use computers and we told them let us try and we will show you and we did send people uh blind people to these missions and they were you know our colleagues that were absolutely amazed because they realized that they had been wrong only because they didn't know what people with disabilities are able to do um and in creating this awareness and providing all the support and the council that people with disabilities encounter we have a wonderful example here which is the support Girona the NGO that Ferran Blanco represents and I would like to give him the floor so that he can explain the wonderful job that they do in Catalonia thank you thank you thank you very much and if firon I would be a terrible moderator if I were not to give you a friendly reminder to synthesize the wisdom and the innovation of your experience in five minutes to give also the respect to the next session and I know you'll do a great job so thank you for sticking within the five minutes thank you thank you Ambassador yes indeed I am speaking by heart because I have not prepared a speech but I'm a social worker from a small scale organization in the northeast of Catalonia in Spain and um we are turning out 20 years this 2023 and hearing the stories of our general director and different important persons that are here from home which we collaborate with and I realized that diplomacy can take many forms and shapes because I can imagine that the origins of organization with this intersectionality of legislation policy and financing have to be deal or to be dealing with a lot of this micro diplomacy on self-diplomacy between the mental health service providers between employment providers as a newer as a newly created Civic Society organization in fact 20 years from 20 years till now we have been awarded to zero project Awards we are very proud of that and and indeed there is a singularity in in Spain and the richness of uh the different Civil Society organizations that provide this type of disability rights advocacy disability rights direct intervention from persons with disabilities have had levels uh to a better stage of implementation of the unclpd in our country right we were discussing in previous weeks now with the legislation about the right to vote about the right to enjoy legal capacity and we know that the forthcoming policy will deal about independent living about the institutionalization involuntary placement involuntary measures and we know that this is the way forward and we know that this is uh also a long way forward and with a lot of uh work to be done uh in that sense I would like to stress that support Girona the Catalan government also and the public Mental Health Service provided in Girona has established a cooperation agreement with the World Health Organization to deploy the quality rights initiative in that uh in uh in Catalonia and in Spain and and globally if we may to raise social awareness and to train professionals and to be more aware of uh what the unclpd means and what are the human rights of persons with psychosocial disabilities or every type of disability and we are very proud of that and this is also another example of how diplomacy can work between a small scale organization and which is support Girona and a global organization which is the World Health Organization and also with the cooperation of the different um Catalan government or different autonomic governments in in Spain and I think that diplomacy has a role in that also diplomacy has a role at a micro level at a mental level and also at a more macro level no because this small scale initiatives of support Girona and the network of our stakeholders could be a scale lab could be replicated could be transferred to uh to other countries and particularly in Europe and Latin American countries and I think that as well as we have a lot of way forward to implement fully the unclpd we have a Long Way Forward also in in diplomacy and we need to work on that and I'm sure that will be the case because at the end uh the the goal is to reach our uh a wall without barriers which is kind of the motor also of the zero project thank you thank you I will take the privilege of the moderators to recap all of this in 30 seconds we have seen the network we have seen Innovations be it youth mental health Independent Living from four respective embassies and there were these today and I would like to leave you with this the Harvard Professor Joseph 9 the 1990s coined the term soft power defined as the ability to shape the preferences of others through appeal and attraction and I will argue that the leaders and the nation Leaders of Tomorrow will be those who have baked into their foreign policy and their doing and their strategy disability inclusion they'll be the ones which will show that through dignity inclusion and resilience they will be both the soft and the hard Nations which will lead and I think this is going to become something which will Define Nations moving forward who embrace the disability inclusion and through that gain strength and I think you've heard today from Australia India Israel and Spain on how that can be done and I would like to extend my personal thank you to the ambassadors in this year project there were these for their time and with that we will leave the stage and wish you all a fantastic second day at the zero project conference 2023.
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