10 The Forum would not be possible except for the help of many, many volunteers. There are UN staff members, minority fellows and others who are freely contributing to help on all of the essential work of these last two days. I cannot name all of them, but I do wish to at least acknowledge the hard work and devotion of the head of section Karim Ghezraoui and the many OHCHR who have contributed to the déroulement of this event, and Forum consultants Marina Shupac, Kristina ARAKELOVA, Omer Al-Shareqi and for all of those who have helped to ensure the forum can proceed as smoothly as possible despite the difficult conditions. I wish to thank all states whose support is essential to enable the functioning of the Forum, and hope that more states from all regions will join them and demonstrate their commitments to the human rights of minorities rights and its future improvements and evolution. Permettez moi encore une fois de remercier le Président du Forum, le Professeur Daniel Abwa, d’avoir accepté et