Information on the Seventeenth session of the Forum

• Concept note
• Practical guide for in-person participants
• Information Note
• Provisional Agenda (A/HRC/FMI/2024/1)
• Agenda of the Preparatory Meeting on 27 November 2024
• Programme of Work of the Forum / Full programme, including panellists, available on Sched 2024 Minority Forum
• Programme of side events 
• List of speakers
  • Session 1: minority representation in public spaces
  • Session 2: minority representation in education
  • Session 3: minority representation in the media, including social media
  • Session 4: minority representation in art and culture
• Summary of the Chair of the 17^th Forum on Minority Issues
• Recommendations of the 17^th session of the Forum on minority issues (A/HRC/58/69)

Statements

• View the session’s statements on the Human Rights Council Extranet.
• Video Statements 

Livestream in all UN official languages:

Thursday 28 November (Captioning in English, French, Spanish)

10 AM - 1 PM 
 
3 PM - 6 PM 
 
 

Friday 30 November (Captioning in English, French, Spanish)

10 AM - 1 PM
 
3 PM - 6 PM
 
 

Background:

The UN Forum on Minority Issues meets annually for two working days allocated to thematic discussions pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 6/15 of 28 September 2007 and resolution 19/23 of 23 March 2012. The Forum is open to Member States, United Nations mechanisms, bodies and specialized agencies, funds and programmes, intergovernmental organizations, regional organizations and mechanisms in the field of human rights, national human rights institutions and other relevant national bodies, academics and experts on minority issues, representatives of minorities and minority and non- governmental organizations. The Special Rapporteur on minority issues guides the work of the Forum, prepares its annual meetings and reports on the thematic recommendations of the Forum to the Human Rights Council. The recommendations of the Sixteenth session will be presented at the 58th session of the Human Rights Council, in March 2025.

General inquiries: hrc-sr-minorityforum@un.org

The Seventeenth Session of the Forum on Minority issues will take place on 28-29 November 2024.