UNITED NATIONS A General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/HRC/FMI/2008/1 5 December 2008 Original: ENGLISH HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Forum on Minority Issues First session Geneva, 15-16 December 2008 Provisional agenda and annotations thereto* Note by the Secretariat 1. Adoption of the agenda and organization of work 2. International and regional human rights frameworks and core principles 3. Essential requirements for an effective education strategy 4. Equal access to quality education for minorities 5. Learning environment and school governance 6. Relationship between desegregation strategies, cultural autonomy and integration in the quest for social cohesion 7. Content and delivery of the curriculum 8. Concluding remarks * Late submission. GE.08-17107 (E) 091208