A/HRC/25/66 religions within a State should be actively involved, including at the earliest stages and throughout peacebuilding initiatives and reconciliation processes. 62. States should take all necessary measures to ensure the protection of minority religious communities, and minority human rights defenders and representatives — including women, who may be at greater risk of violence. They should develop effective protection programmes, where necessary, that are defined by law and include early-warning systems. 63. In the host countries of migrant workers, asylum seekers and refugees, measures should be taken to ensure that decision-makers and immigration officers are knowledgeable about issues surrounding religious persecution. 64. In countries affected by conflict or natural disaster, crisis management and humanitarian response operations undertaken by national or international actors should incorporate knowledge of the religious terrain and religious diversity of the affected communities, and ensure that responses are non-discriminatory and appropriate to religious values, traditions and sensitivities. I. Interfaith dialogue, consultation and exchange 65. In multi-faith societies, efforts to build a climate of trust, understanding, acceptance, and interfaith cooperation and exchange should be established. Such measures benefit the whole of society and are essential elements of good governance. 66. States should consider creating or facilitating national and regional institutions aimed at fostering interfaith dialogue, and projects promoting a culture of understanding and a spirit of acceptance. The establishment of formal and informal national and local institutions and platforms for dialogue, where representatives of religious groups meet regularly to discuss issues of common concern, should be encouraged. 67. The potential of religious and political leaders for helping to build tolerant, inclusive societies, and for initiating and supporting such efforts and activities, should be harnessed. Such influential community and national figures should be at the forefront of dialogue and inter-community cohesion efforts, and of public condemnation of any advocacy of religious hatred, discrimination, hostility or violence. Political parties should also foster participation, tolerance and dialogue. 68. Initiatives relating to interreligious and interfaith dialogues should be as inclusive as possible and should be encouraged at the grass-roots level. The participation of women and young people who belong to religious minorities should be particularly encouraged, and ensured via active outreach. The use of different channels of communication to foster interfaith dialogue and exchange, such as the media, the arts and local institutions, should also be promoted. 11