A/HRC/FMI/2023/1 Advance Unedited Version Distr.: General 9 November 2023 Original: English Human Rights Council Forum on Minority Issues Sixteenth session 30 November–1 December 2023 Item 1 of the provisional agenda Adoption of the agenda and programme of work Provisional agenda and annotations* Provisional agenda 1. Adoption of the agenda and programme of work. 2. Challenges to Inclusion & Equality: barriers in social and economic participation of minorities. 3. Socio-economic Empowerment. 4. Legal and Structural Approaches to More Inclusive Societies. 5. Positive Examples, Good Practices and Approaches, and Space or More. 6. Concluding remarks. Annotations 1. Adoption of the agenda and programme of work Dates and venue Pursuant to Human Rights Council resolutions 6/15 and 19/23, the sixteenth session of the Forum on Minority Issues will be held on 30 November and 1 December 2023. Meetings will be held in Room XX of the Palais des Nations at Geneva. Documents for the session will be made available on the web page of the Forum. 1 Opening of the session The President of the Human Rights Council will deliver an opening statement, which will be followed by statements from a Senior Representative from the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Special Rapporteur on minority issues and the two CoChairs of the Forum. * The present report was submitted after the deadline in order to reflect the most recent developments. 1 https://www.ohchr.org/en/events/forums/2023/sixteenth-session-forum-minority-issues.