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H.H. THE AGA KHAN'S REVIEW AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS ON ADJOURNMENT OF THE SESSION 1937-10-06

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ismaili.net

October 6, 1937 - Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III made a Presidential Review at the Adjournment of the 18th session of the League of Nations at Geneva. He said, 'The tribulations of one people are the tribulations of all. That which weakens one weakens all. That which is a gain to one is surely a gain to all. This is no empty ideal...'

H.H. THE AGA KHAN'S REVIEW AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS ON ADJOURNMENT OF THE SESSION

Geneva
6th October 1937

18th Session

THE AGA KHAN'S PRESIDENTIAL REVIEW
Ladies and Gentlemen,

First model Teachers’ academy opens in East Africa  2020-09-23

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The Citizen, thecitizen.co.tz

The Teachers’ Academy is set to bring a new experience in teaching in higher education. It will be Aga Khan University’s first interdisciplinary academies of its kind in the region.

Nairobi — A teachers' excellence training academy, the first one of its kind in East Africa, has today, September 23, 2020, opened its doors, thanks to the Aga Khan University (AKU).

The Teachers' Academy is set to bring a new experience in teaching in higher education. It will be Aga Khan University's first interdisciplinary academies of its kind in the region.

Prince Sadruddin: Interview with The Unesco Courier 1991-05-01

UNESCO Courier
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UNESCO Courier May 1991

UNESCO Courier May 1991.

Courier: You have been associated with the United Nations system for many years. Did you feel a vocation to serve the UN?

The ideal diplomat?

Prince Aly Salman Khan with his wife Rita Hayworth
Source: 
dailytimes.com/pk

On May 12, 1960, Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN in New York, Aly Khan, dies in a Paris car accident; ending a promising diplomatic career. Who was Aly Khan and what distinguished him from other diplomats? Moreover, what relevance does he hold today?

Statement by Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly 1976-09-15

Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan
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UNHCR

Statement by Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, to the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly, 15 November 1976
By Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan | 15 November 1976

Mr. Chairman,

As I report to the Committee this year, UNHCR completes a quarter century of service to those worst served by the antagonisms and intolerance of our age.

Statement by Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, U.N. High Commissioner on the Granting of Independence 1977-01-01

Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan
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UNHCR

Statement by Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, on the Granting of Independence
By Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan | 01 January 1977

Verbatim record of Statement to UNHCR headquarters staff 1977-01-24

Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan
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UNHCR

Verbatim record of Statement of Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, to UNHCR headquarters staff, 24 January 1977
By Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan | 24 January 1977

Permanent Representatives in Geneva of States Members of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme 1977-07-11

Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan
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UNHCR

Statement by Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, at the Meeting of Permanent Representatives in Geneva of States Members of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme (ExCom), 11 July 1977
By Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan | 11 July 1977

Mr. Chairman,

Statement by Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, to the United Nations Economic & Social 1977-07-27

Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan
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UNHCR

Statement by Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), 27 July 1977
By Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan | 27 July 1977

Mr. Chairman, Distinguished Delegates.

Speech by Prince Aga Khan, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, to the Sub-Committee of the Whole on International Protection 1

Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan
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UNHCR

Opening Statement by Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, to the Sub-Committee of the Whole on International Protection, 3 October 1977
By Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan | 03 October 1977

Mr. Chairman,

Opening Statement by Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, to the Executive Committee 1977-1

Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan

Opening Statement by Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, to the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme, twenty-eighth session, Geneva, 4 October 1977
By Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan | 04 October 1977

Award Statement by Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, on the occasion of the award of the Hansen Me

Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan
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UNHCR

Award Statement by Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, on the occasion of the award of the Nansen Medal for 1977 to the Malaysian Red Crescent Society, Geneva, 10 October 1977
By Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan | 10 October 1977

SPEECH BY THIS HIGHNESS THE AGA KHAN ON THE OCCASION OF THE FIRST CONVOCATION OF THE MEDICAL COLLEGE 1989-03-20

His Highness the Aga Khan addressing the audience at the Convocation Ceremony marking the first graduation of doctors 1989-03-20
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ismaili.net

SPEECH BY THIS HIGHNESS THE AGA KHAN ON THE OCCASION OF THE FIRST CONVOCATION OF THE MEDICAL COLLEGE, MONDAY 20 MARCH, 1989
Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ur-Rahim
Your Excellency, The President, Your Excellency, The Governor Of Sindh, Dr Halfdan Mahler, Director-General Emeritus Of The World Health Organisation, Honourable Ministers, Your Excellencies, Faculty Members, Distinguished Guests,and Graduating Students of The Aga Khan University.

As-Salam-Wailakum.

Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Hadrian Award 1997-10-24

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ismaili.net

Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Hadrian Award
The Plaza Hotel
24th October 1997
Mr. Culver, Mr. Bronfman, distinguished guests,

Address by His Highness the Aga Khan to the Tutzing Evangelical Academy Upon Receiving the "Tolerance" Award 2006-05-20

 H.H. The Aga Khan  Upon receiving the "Tolerance" award at the Tutzing Tolerance Awards Ceremony 2006-05-20
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ismaili.net

Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim

Herr Minister
Dr Greiner
Herr Landesbishof
Distinguished Guests
Ladies and Gentlemen

Speech by His Highness The Aga Khan at the Hadrian Award Ceremony 1996-10-25

Hazar Imam with David Rockefeller at the 1996 Hadrian Awards Presentation  1996-10-25
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ismaili.net

The Plaza Hotel, New York
October 25, 1996

Your Excellencies, Distinguished Guests,

Aga Khan Academy sets IB exams record 2020-09-03

Alison Hampshire, Head of Academy at Mombasa's the Aga Khan Academy.
Source: 
Allafrica.com, Nation.africa

Students at Aga Khan Academy in Mombasa have achieved record-breaking results in this year’s International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme (DP) amid the challenging Covid-19 learning period.

Top scorers have received admission call-ups to a number of prestigious universities including Yale and Cambridge. The students have further been offered over $7 million (Sh800 million) in university scholarships. The students attributed their success to hard work.

BBC Radio 4 Interview, Michael Charlton (London, United Kingdom) 1979-09-06

His Highness The Aga Khan IV
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nanowisdoms

Michael Charlton: Your Highness, how did the Ismaili sect acquire its importance in the first place?

Collection of Sadruddin Aga Khan heads to auction 2020-08-21

Prince Sadruddin and Princess Catherine Aga Khan
Source: 
thestatesman.com/

According to the auction house, visionaries, and ahead of their time, Prince Sadruddin and Princess Catherine Aga Khan have been the discreet patrons of many major philanthropic projects, aimed at preserving cultural and natural sites, from Egyptian temples to the Alps.

The remarkable private collection of Sadruddin Aga Khan and his wife, will head to auction on October 1, 2020, global auction house Christie’s announced. The couple are the son and daughter-in-law of Aga Khan III, president of the All-India Muslim League during India’s pre-Independence era.

HBL reports almost 14 times profit per share (AKFED subsidiary) 2020-07-24

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SAMAA

Amid variable interest rates, the Habib Bank Limited reported a net profit of Rs11 billion or Rs7.53 per share for the quarter ending June 2020, which is 13.8 times of Rs750 million or Rs0.44 per share it earned in the same quarter of the previous year, the company’s financial results revealed Friday.

The largest bank of the country saw its net interest income (NII) increase by 44% to Rs35 billion between April and June 2020, compared to Rs24 billion for the same quarter of the previous year.


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