The National Democratic Institute (NDI) cordially invites you to the following discussion

Kyrgyzstan Inquiry Commission Report:
A Response from the Kyrgyz Government

With

RAVSHANBEK SABIROV
Member of Parliament, Ata Meken Party
Head of Delegation

MIRA KARYBAEVA
Head of the Department of Ethnic and Religious Policy and Interaction
Office of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic

ERKINBEK MAMYROV
Head of the Department of Legal Provision
Office of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic

DMITRY KABAK
Independent Human Rights Expert and Activist

Moderated by

KENNETH WOLLACK
NDI President

Tuesday, May 24, 2011
3:30 – 5:00 pm

The National Democratic Institute
2030 M Street, Fifth Floor, NW
Washington, D.C. 20036

Please RSVP by Monday, May 23 to
Paul Scott Thacker at pthacker@ndi.org [2] or 202-728-5490

Violence between ethnic Uzbeks and ethnic Kyrgyz in June 2010 in southern Kyrgyzstan left approximately 470 dead and hundreds of thousands displaced. The international Kyrgyzstan Inquiry Commission (KIC), led by Dr. Kimmo Kiljunen, Special Representative for Central Asia to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, investigated the violence at the request of President Roza Otunbayeva, and released its report in early May 2011. The visiting panelists are members of an official delegation from Kyrgyzstan travelling to the United States to respond to the KIC report. The report criticizes the interim government for failing to prevent the violence or provide a swift response. It also notes egregious acts of violence against ethnic Uzbeks.

NDI is pleased to host this timely discussion at the request of the Ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic, Muktar Djumaliev.