A/HRC/FMI/2008/1 page 3 5. Learning environment and school governance 8. Issues for presentation and discussion could include hostile environments and bias in disciplinary measures; anti-discrimination and intercultural training; recruitment and training of teachers from minority communities; and the active involvement of representatives from minority communities in school management and administration. 6. Relationship between desegregation strategies, cultural autonomy and integration in the quest for social cohesion 9. Issues for presentation and discussion could include contacts and exchanges between minorities and the general population; relations between religious minorities and secular schools; opportunities for persons belonging to minorities to learn their mother tongue or learn through the medium of the mother tongue. 7. Content and delivery of the curriculum 10. Issues for presentation and discussion could include the development of curricula relating to minorities; inclusion of the histories, cultures and traditions of minorities in the general compulsory curriculum; and opportunities for members of the general population to learn minority languages. 8. Concluding remarks 11. The Chairperson of the Forum, Viktoria Mohacsi, and the independent expert on minority issues, Gay McDougall, will share with Forum participants their concluding remarks, including forward-looking proposals for next steps.

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