Jorge Sampaio (r), UN High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations, speaks at the opening of the High-Level Conference on Tolerance and Non-Discrimination, Astana, 29 June 2010. (OSCE/Velimir Alic)

L-r: Mevlut Cavusoglu, President of PACE; Knut Vollebaek, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities; Dunja Mijatovic, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, at the High-Level Conference on Tolerance and Non-Discrimination, Astana, 29 June 2010. (OSCE/Velimir Alic)

Participants at the High-Level Conference on Tolerance and Non-Discrimination gather before the opening session, Astana, 29 June 2010. (OSCE/Velimir Alic)

ODIHR Director Ambassador Janez Lenarcic (l) and Kazakhstan's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Konstantin Zhigalov at the High-Level Conference on Tolerance and Non-Discrimination, Astana, 29 June 2010. (OSCE/Velimir Alic)

CiO Personal Representative on Combating Intolerance and Discrimination against Muslims Ambassador Adil Akhmetov at a press conference on the sidelines of the High-Level Conference on Tolerance and Non-Discrimination, Astana, 29 June 2010. (OSCE/Velimir Alic)

Mario Mauro, CiO Personal Representative on Combating Racism, Xenophobia and Discrimination, also focusing on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians and Members of Other Religions at a press conference in Astana, 29 June 2010. (OSCE/Velimir Alic)

CiO Personal Representative on Combating Intolerance and Discrimination against Muslims Ambassador Adil Akhmetov at a press conference on the sidelines of the High-Level Conference on Tolerance and Non-Discrimination, Astana, 29 June 2010. (OSCE/Velimir Alic)

Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev speaks at the opening of the High-Level Conference on Tolerance and Non-Discrimination, Astana, 29 June 2010. (OSCE/Velimir Alic)

Flags with the logos of the OSCE and the 2010 Kazakh Chairmanship in Astana, which hosts the High-Level Conference on Tolerance and Non-Discrimination, 28 June 2010. (OSCE/Velimir Alic)