A/HRC/58/54 communications were sent jointly with other special procedures mandate holders. Four communications concerned the Africa region, twenty-eight concerned the Asia-Pacific region and five concerned the Western European and other States region. C. Conferences and awareness-raising activities 8. The Special Rapporteur has engaged in several activities to promote and raise awareness of minority issues, as well as the rights of persons belonging to national, ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, by attending and participating in person or online in conferences and workshops. He also contributed to various other awareness-raising activities, such as consultations and discussions, with, among others, OHCHR minority fellows, and participated in side events of the Human Rights Council and media interviews. 9. From 15 to 18 February 2024, the Special Rapporteur was in Istanbul, Türkiye, for an event on preserving and reinforcing mother tongues in the country, hosted by Minority Rights Group Europe. 10. On 20 March, he delivered a video message at a side event of the Commission on the Status of Women, hosted by the Coptic Solidarity network and the Jubilee Campaign, focused on filling the gaps in social protection systems for minority women. 11. On 13 May, he co-organized an event with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe High Commissioner on National Minorities and the Permanent Mission of Malta to the United Nations Office at Geneva on the theme of “Building peace: minority youth in conflict prevention efforts and inclusive socioeconomic policies”. The event aimed at bridging the existing gaps in conflict prevention approaches by addressing the potential of young people from minority groups to contribute to conflict prevention and socioeconomic development. 12. The Special Rapporteur delivered lectures at an event at the Minority Rights Academy hosted by the Hrant Dink Foundation in Istanbul, from 7 to 9 June. 13. In June, he travelled to New York to promote the integration of minorities and minority issues in the Summit of the Future agenda and within the Pact for the Future. During the mission, he engaged with representatives from various Member States, civil society members and United Nations officials to advocate for the inclusion of minorities in the final document. 14. On 12 June, he delivered a keynote address to a workshop focusing on assessing the obstacles for ethnic, religious, linguistic, national and other minority groups in participating at the United Nations, organized at the City Law School in London. 15. He gave a presentation at a conference on the theme of “Protecting education in minoritized languages and strengthening language rights: how to progress?”, hosted by the European Language Equality Network in Barcelona, Spain, on 15 June. 16. He delivered a keynote address to participants in the Minority Protection in Europe summer university hosted by the Institute for the Protection of Minority Rights in Budapest, on 8 July. 17. On 9 July, he delivered a presentation at the 2024 Global Minority Rights summer school hosted by the Tom Lantos Institute in Budapest. 18. He delivered a presentation at the summer school of the European Academy of Bolzano Institute for Minority Rights in Bolzano/Bozen, Italy, on 12 July. 19. He gave a keynote address providing an overview of his work and the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on minority issues at an event organized by Global Human Rights Defence in The Hague, Kingdom of the Netherlands, on 14 August. 20. On 7 September, he delivered a laudatory speech to the nationality and ethnicity category winners at the Swiss Diversity Awards Night in Bern, Switzerland. 21. He made opening remarks at the side event on the theme “Let’s talk about caste”, highlighting the need to address caste discrimination as a root cause of human rights GE.25-00509 3