Final led endeavor, at the domestic level most countries have adopted some sort of national Sustainable Development plans or strategies. Were minorities mainstreamed there? My comparative research into the SDGs Voluntary National Reports indicates that so far it has rarely been the case. I, therefore, strongly recommend making minority dimension a mandatory and indispensable part of any national policy document, most notably of national human rights action plans and national (sustainable) development strategies. Another type of mainstreaming I advocate for is of a conceptual nature. While minority work stalls in multiple places, on many adjacent fronts the dynamic is much more powerful. Gender equality and empowerment of women are gaining a solid ground in many parts of the world. The gender equality movement has long ago adopted gender mainstreaming as its main operational approach, and now promotes a next-level framework – the intersectionality-based approach emphasizing that without an intersectional lens gender work could fortify power imbalances, e.g. along majority-minority lines, instead of dismantling them. Our common work on promotion of minority rights can gain a new momentum if we all – at the international, national and local levels – integrate the minority dimension into the more dynamic and well-resourced streams and agendas, such as gender equality, child rights, disability rights and so forth – through intersectionality, GBA+, the human security framework or otherwise. There are many good examples in this direction, for example: the most recent Guidance Note on Intersectionality, Racial Discrimination and Protection of Minorities by the United Nations Network on Racial Discrimination and Protection of Minorities or the 2021 UNPRPD / UN Women Guide on Intersectionality combining gender+disability, as well as local-level collaborations between gender and disability rights advocates in Eastern Europe and several other places. (2) For many years minority work revolved around advocacy with national governments, here in Geneva and back at home. But the last decades saw the rise in significance of other important actors, such as cities, regional authorities, national human rights institutions, professional organizations (of lawyers, healthcare workers, teachers, etc). Not only do these actors possess authority and resources, but most of them are among the most progressive forces in their respective countries. Yet, many of these actors are only vaguely aware of minority rights or the minority dimension. Therefore, this is a large and mostly uncovered field of work. E.g. in Canada, the newly elected Mayor of Toronto (the first racialized woman elected to this position) is the first mayor of this mega-diverse city who publicly responded in Cantonese Chinese to a media question asked in this language. Or, just a month ago the Ontario Human Rights Commission released a guide called “The Human Rights Based Approach Framework”. This instrument urges all public and private actors to undertake an in-depth equality analysis of all their policies and programs, including along the Indigenous and minority dimensions. I, therefore, strongly recommend inclusion of the new actors into our minority work: cities, regional authorities, national human rights institutions, professional organizations (of lawyers, healthcare workers, teachers, etc). 2|Page