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Event - 1980-12-11

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Thursday, 1980, December 11
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Hazar Imam was welcomed to the United Nations by Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim by the words; 'Service to the world community is a family tradition to His Highness ' Mowlana Hazar Imam delivered a speech to the United Nations Development Programme in New York.

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H.H. Prince Karim Aga Khan IV


Speech

SPEECH BY HIS HIGHNESS PRINCE KARIM AGA KHAN AT THE UNITED NATIONS IN NEW YORK - 1980-12-11

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At the occasion of a special address to the The United Nations Development Programme December 11, 1980
Mr. Morse, Mr. Secretary-General, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentleman: It is a great honour for me to stand before you at the United Nations-the symbol of man's hope for the future and man's belief in the primacy of reason and peace-to discuss the Aga Khan Award for Architecture.

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