Education and Language Minorities and the Right to Education UN Forum on Minorities Merci Madame la Présidente. Mesdames et messieurs, dober dien, Buenos dias, Salaam aalekum, Ni hao! I am using all these languages just to confuse the interpreters. Meine Damen und Herren, first, I’ll make three observations about the general issue of language and education. Then I will deal with the recommendations themselves. Numéro 1: Language is power, and education is a tool of empowerment. I’ll focus on minorities, and not indigenous peoples or migrants, although there