I call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 42 of the House of Commons Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development.
To ensure the meeting will go smoothly, I would like to outline a few rules to follow for witnesses and members.
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I wish to inform the subcommittee that, in accordance with our routine motion concerning connection tests, all witnesses have completed the required connection tests in advance of the meeting.
Please join me in welcoming the witnesses who are appearing this morning as we continue our study of international disability-inclusive education.
From the Global Partnership for Education, we have Dr. Susan Liautaud, vice-chair. Here, I would like to mention to the committee that Dr. Liautaud must leave the meeting after her opening remarks. Members may submit written questions to the Global Partnership for Education via the clerk.
We have also Ms. Nujeen Mustafa, disability and refugee rights advocate.
From Harvard Medical School, we have Mr. Vikram Patel, Paul Farmer Professor and chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine. We have also Dr. Shawna Novak, fellow at the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine.
From Disability Rights International, we have Mr. Eric Rosenthal, executive director; from International Parliamentary Network for Education, Mr. Joseph Nhan-O'Reilly, executive director; from the Washington Group on Disability Statistics, Ms. Julie Weeks, lead health statistician; and from Visibilia Foundation, Ms. Paola Jelonche, lawyer.
From World Bank Group, we have Ms. Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo, global disability adviser, and Ms. Ruchi Kulbir Singh, disability inclusion specialist.
Thank you for being with us today.
You will have up to five minutes for your remarks, after which we will proceed to questions from the members of the subcommittee.
I will let you know when you have one minute left.
We will begin with Madam Susan Liautaud.
Madam Liautaud, thank you for agreeing to appear. The floor is yours for five minutes. You can begin, please.