A/HRC/FMI/2022/1 Annex Programme of work of the fifteenth session of the Forum on Minority Issues Date/time Agenda item Programme Thursday, 1 December 2022 10 a.m.–1 p.m. 1. Adoption of the agenda Opening of the Forum on Minority Issues and programme of work • Welcome and opening remarks by the President of the Human Rights Council • Remarks by the President of the General Assembly • Remarks by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights • Remarks by the High Commissioner on National Minorities of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe • Remarks by the Chair of the Forum on Minority Issues • Remarks by the Special Rapporteur on minority issues 2. Review: normative frameworks and the mainstreaming of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities at the United Nations 3–6 p.m. Panel discussion 3. Rethink: minority rights Panel discussion defenders and their role in promoting the principles of the Declaration Friday, 2 December 2022 10 a.m.–1 p.m. 4. Reform: filling the gaps Panel discussion in the implementation of the human rights of minorities 3–6 p.m. 5. Open dialogue: urgent situations faced by minorities Open discussion 6. Concluding remarks 5