A/HRC/FMI/2010/1 1. Adoption of the agenda and organization of work Venue 1. Pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 6/15, the third session of the Forum on Minority Issues will be held in Geneva on 14 and 15 December 2010. 2. The Forum will have before it the provisional agenda contained in the present document to consider for adoption. A tentative schedule of work for the session is contained in annex I. Opening meeting 3. The Forum may wish to consider the following scenario with regard to the structure of the opening meeting. The President of the Human Rights Council would open the session and make a statement. Statements would then be made by the independent expert on minority issues, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Chairperson of the Forum on Minority Issues. Documentation 4. A list of documents for the session is provided in annex II. In addition to normal distribution, official documents for the session will be made available on the Human Rights Council website at the address http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/minority/forum.htm. 2. Overview of the legal framework and recent global initiatives: international and regional human rights frameworks and core principles on the rights of minorities to effective participation in economic life 5. At the sessions, participants will have an opportunity to make brief presentations and comments based on the draft recommendations that they will have before them. After the presentations, there will be an open discussion to which all participants will be invited to contribute. 6. Participants in the sessions will be provided with a brief overview of existing international and regional standards and principles, as well as recent global initiatives, with a view to set the framework for ensuing discussions. 3. Sustainable livelihoods 7. Issues for presentation and discussion could include housing, land and property issues central to both economic and social/cultural life of many minorities, access to farming inputs for food security and agricultural markets for income generation, and guaranteeing the protection of land and property rights, which includes addressing issues relating to involuntary migration and evictions. 2