Third Session of the Forum on Minority Issues Minorities and effective participation in economic life (Geneva, 14 and 15 December 2010) Statement by Dr. PAKOZDI Csaba, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Republic of Hungary Madam Chair,. Excellences, Ladies and Gentlemen, The Draft Recommendations on Minorities and Effective Participation in Economic Life, prepared by Ms. Gay McDougall, independent expert on minority issues, puts the world organization in the forefront of the minority legislation. Economic life is the least responsive to about minority issues, hence the UN Human Rights Council's (HRC) recommendations are of special significance. The HRC is ahead of many states In providing guidance for achieving good governance in this regard. Such documents often serve as the basis for regional or bilateral agreements on protection of minorities and for binding international legal instruments as