A/HRC/FMI/2025/1 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 15 September 2025 Original: English Human Rights Council Forum on Minority Issues Eighteenth session Geneva, 27 and 28 November 2025 Item 1 of the provisional agenda Adoption of the agenda and programme of work Provisional agenda and annotations Provisional agenda 1. Adoption of the agenda and programme of work. 2. Building trust and social cohesion: addressing barriers to peaceful coexistence. 3. Recognizing the full contribution of minorities to the economic, social, cultural, political and institutional fabric of society. 4. Amplifying minority voices in peacebuilding, accountability and transitional justice processes. 5. Concluding remarks. Annotations 1. Adoption of the agenda and programme of work Dates and venue Pursuant to Human Rights Council resolutions 6/15 and 19/23, the eighteenth session of the Forum on Minority Issues will be held on 27 and 28 November 2025. Meetings will be held in the Assembly Hall of the Palais des Nations, Geneva. Documents for the session will be made available on the web page of the Forum.1 Opening of the session The President of the Human Rights Council will deliver an opening statement, which will be followed by statements by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Special Rapporteur on minority issues and the Chair of the Forum. Panel discussions During the two-day session, participants will be invited to contribute to three panel discussions organized under the theme “The contribution of minorities to diverse, resilient, and peaceful societies”. Each panel discussion will be introduced by two panellists. 1 See https://www.ohchr.org/en/events/forums/2025/eighteenth-session-forum-minority-issues. GE.25-14151 (E) 120925 120925