Item 1. Opening meeting • Statement by the Vice-President of the Human Rights Council, Amb. Valentin Zellweger (Switzerland) • Statement by the Special Rapporteur on minority issues, Dr. Fernand de Varennes (Canada) • Remarks by the Chair of the Forum on Minority Issues, Mr. Tarik Kurdi (Republic of the Sudan) Keynote addresses by • Amb. Lamberto Zannier, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (Italy) • Ms. Saskia Schellekens, Special Advisor to the UN Secretary General's Envoy on Youth (Netherlands), speaking on behalf of Ms. Jayathma Wickramanayake, UN Secretary General's Envoy on Youth.