A/HRC/37/26 and other groups to identify and assess the diverse needs and concerns of groups across Iraq. The UNAMI human rights office also continued to promote respect for and protection of the human rights of all Iraqis, including national, ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, through capacity-building training and two universal periodic review consultations. Participants included representatives of diverse ethnic, religious and linguistic communities. 37. In Ukraine, OHCHR continued to observe improvements with regard to respect for freedom of peaceful assembly, illustrated by a decrease in judicial prohibitions of public assemblies and better policing of large public assemblies throughout the country. However, it noted that smaller demonstrations continued to suffer from insufficient security and protection by the police, particularly those organized by persons belonging to minority groups or opposition political movements.18 38. In 2017, the regional office for Central Asia continued to implement measures developed as a result of the review of worldwide best practices to improve minority participation in public life. The office supported the development of over 2,000 preparatory test questions for entry into the civil service, in order to increase the transparency of the tests and subsequently to ensure that members of ethnic minorities had a fair and equitable chance of passing them. E. Minority youth 39. The Forum on Minority Issues, established by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 6/15 and renewed in resolution 19/23, provides an annual platform for dialogue and cooperation on issues pertaining to persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities. The tenth session of the Forum on the topic of “Minority youth: towards diverse and inclusive societies” was held on 30 November and 1 December 2017. It brought together minority youth from around the world to reflect on the importance of investing in young people and in those belonging to minority groups to foster harmonious societies that value cultural differences and the participation of all. The Forum elaborated recommendations in four main areas: access to inclusive education, the participation of minority youth in public life, the empowerment of minority youth through the media in the digital age and the contribution of minority youth to peace and stability. Those recommendations will be presented to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-seventh session by the Special Rapporteur on minority issues. 40. There have been some important initiatives regarding minority youth at the country level. For example, in the Republic of Moldova on 21 February, OHCHR facilitated the first ever national minority youth forum, bringing together over 130 young activists from across ethnic and religious groups in the country. The forum served as a platform for exchange between minority youth and Moldovan State institutions, represented by the Deputy Speaker of the parliament, the Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration, the Ombudsperson, the Chair of the Equality Council and other high-level officials. The Special Rapporteur on minority issues addressed a special video welcome message to the participants. The forum also served as a powerful consolidation point for the newly established platform of minority youth, closely supported by the OHCHR office in the country, the Group of Youth for Interethnic Solidarity. In May 2017, OHCHR held a meeting with the Group and other minority youth representatives from the Republic of Moldova. Topics discussed ranged from concerns about linguistic rights (medical leaflets, topographic signs and personal names on identity cards are only available or permitted in the official State language) to the role of youth in pushing forward the minority rights agenda. In January and April 2017, OHCHR Tunisia organized, jointly with the Youth Centre in the Manouba Governorate, four awareness-raising days around the issue of discrimination, religious diversity, freedom of expression and combating hate speech for high school students. 18 See OHCHR, “Report on the human rights situation in Ukraine from16 May to 15 August 2017”. 11