A/HRC/FMI/2012/1 1. Adoption of the agenda and organization of work Venue 1. Pursuant to Human Rights Council resolutions 6/15 and 19/23, the fifth session of the Forum on Minority Issues will be held in Geneva on 27 and 28 November 2012. 2. The Forum will have before it the provisional agenda contained in the present document to consider for adoption. A tentative schedule of work for the session is contained in annex I. Opening meeting 3. At the current session, the President of the Human Rights Council will deliver an opening statement. Statements will then be made by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Chairperson of the Forum on Minority Issues and the Independent Expert on minority issues. Documentation 4. A list of documents for the session is provided in annex II. In addition to normal distribution, official documents for the session will be made available on the Human Rights Council website (www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/Minority/Pages/Session5.aspx). Discussions 5. At the current session, participants will have an opportunity to make brief presentations and comments based on the draft recommendations that they will have before them. After the presentations, given at the beginning of each agenda item, there will be an open discussion to which all participants will be invited to contribute, based on a sign-up sheet. 2. The Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities: 20 years on 6. Under the agenda item, identified experts and eminent persons in the field of minority issues, including those involved in drafting the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities, will reflect upon this key document and how it has lived up to the expectations 20 years since its adoption in 1992. Issues for consideration will include the global situation of minorities today, the progress made, remaining and new challenges and the role of the Declaration in addressing them. 2