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KEYNOTE SPEECH AT THE BISHKEK GLOBAL MOUNTAIN SUMMIT - 2002-10-31
Posted July 10th, 2007 by heritage
Date:
Thursday, 2002, October 31Location:
Bishkek - at 10 AM a Keynote Speech was given by H.H. The Aga Khan on 'Building partnerships for sustainable mountain development. According to Kabar News, 'The work of the Bishkek Global Mountain Summit is continued at the plenary meeting in the Government House. After the speech of His Highness Aga Khan, Chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network, many participants of the programme 'International Partnership for Sustainable Development of Mountain Regions' expressed their opinions on significance of partnership for mountain regions in the modern world. Representatives of UNESCO, UNEP, FAO, ICIMOD touched upon various aspects for necessary partnership.'
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IevpnzPtLfQ
person_place_reference:
H.H. Prince Karim Aga Khan IV- 3471 reads