A/HRC/FMI/2016/1 national and local humanitarian actors and increasing partnership with local actors, who often have a better understanding of local social, cultural and political dynamics and better access to remote areas, could not only help to improve the general efficiency and legitimacy of international humanitarian operations but also foster greater participation by minority groups in operations affecting them. Participants will discuss the link between crises and the threat to minority identity, and seek ways to ensure that minorities can maintain their cultural, linguistic and religious identities even during protracted crises. 5. Recovering from a crisis: ensuring durable solutions Participants will examine the challenges faced by minorities seeking to return to a situation of normality after a crisis has ended, for example when returning to their place of origin, when finding a new settlement after displacement, when seeking to relaunch local economies and social services after protracted isolation, when reclaiming properties and goods after a crisis or when reskilling and seeking a new occupation in a new environment. Participants will reflect on how to prevent minorities from being socially and economically left behind at the recovery stage of crises. Participants will address the need to ensure that all members of minority groups, including those who suffer from multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination, such as women, children, older persons, youth, people with disabilities or lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons, are actively engaged in consultations to determine their best possible options for return or recovery from crisis. Consideration will be given to how minorities can best lead and participate in the decisions affecting them, for example in decisions on a place of relocation or in identifying priority areas for post-crisis assistance. Participants will also discuss the importance of mediation and complaints mechanisms and procedures for minorities to share their experience and voice their concerns about the management of national and international relief operations. Participants will reflect on a number of aspects, including: the responsibility of all States with regard to reducing the phenomenon of statelessness, which often disproportionately affects minorities in humanitarian crises; the responsibility of host States with regard to the integration of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants with a distinct minority identity within their society while enabling them to preserve their religious, linguistic and cultural heritage; and the obligation of States with respect to the protection of asylum seekers, including guaranteeing the principle of non-refoulement and finding durable solutions. 6. Concluding remarks Participants will draw on the outcomes of the two-day discussions to reflect on the specific needs of minorities in humanitarian crises and the disproportionate impact that such crises have on minority communities. They will be encouraged to comment on, contribute to and finalize a set of draft recommendations on minorities in humanitarian crises and be invited to identify additional recommendations for States and intergovernmental and nongovernmental humanitarian actors to ensure non-discrimination, respect and promotion of minority rights at all stages of humanitarian crises. The Chair of the Forum on Minority Issues and the Special Rapporteur on minority issues will make concluding remarks, including proposals for follow-up steps to be taken with Forum participants. 4