A/HRC/58/69 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 16 January 2025 Original: English Human Rights Council Fifty-eighth session 24 February–4 April 2025 Agenda item 5 Human rights bodies and mechanisms Recommendations of the Forum on Minority Issues at its seventeenth session on the theme “Minority representation and self-representation in public spaces and discourses” Report of the Special Rapporteur on minority issues, Nicolas Levrat Summary The recommendations contained in the present report are drawn primarily from the discussions held and contributions made by participants at the seventeenth session of the Forum on Minority Issues, held on 28 and 29 November 2024, on the theme “Minority representation and self-representation in public spaces and discourses”. The Forum was divided into four panel discussions: (a) “Minority representation in public spaces”; (b) “Minority representation in education”; (c) “Minority representation in the media, including social media”; and (d) “Minority representation in art and culture”. The aim of the Forum was to serve as a platform for promoting dialogue and cooperation on issues faced by persons belonging to national, ethnic, religious and linguistic minority groups and to tackle the multiple challenges faced by minority communities worldwide. GE.25-00303 (E) 160125 160125