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Hazar Imam represents AKDN at Brussels Conference on Afghanistan 2016-10-05

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, talks with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, second from left, NATO Secretary Genera
Date: 
Wednesday, 2016, October 5
Location: 

Organisation/agency/IFI

Represented by

ADB (Asian Development Bank)

Zhang Wencai, Vice President and Thomas Panella, Afghanistan Country Director

Aga Khan Development Network

HH Aga Khan

EIB

Werner Hoyer, President

IDB (Islamic Development Bank)

Sayed Aqa, Vice President, Cooperation and Country Programming

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

Peter Maurer, President

IMF

Daniela Gressani, Deputy Director, Middle East and Central Asia Dept. and Christoph Duenwald, the Fund's mission chief for Afghanistan

IOM

William Lacy Swing, Director-General

NATO

Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary-General

OECD

Douglas Frantz, Deputy Secretary-General

OHCHR / UNAMA

Danielle Bell, Director of Human Rights Unit at UNAMA and Representative of OHCHR

OIC (Organisation of Islamic Cooperation)

Ms Ismat Jahan, Ambassador - Permanent Observer of the OIC Mission to the EU

OSCE

Ambassador Paul Bekkers, Director of the Office of the Secretary General

SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation)

Arjun B. Thapa, Secretary-General

SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organisation)

Rashid Alimov, Secretary General

UNAMA

Tadamichi Yamamoto, Special Representative

UNITED NATIONS ORGANISATION

Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General

UNDP

Haoliang Xu, Assistant Secretary-General, Assistant Administrator and Director of the Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific

UNESCO

Irina Bokova, Director-General

UNHCR

George Okoth-Obbo, Assistant High Commissioner for Operation
Daisy Dell, Director of the Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific

UNICEF

(Ms) Jean Gough, Regional Director for South Asia

UNODC

Yury Fedotov, Executive Director

UN Women

Phumzile Mlambo-Ngucka, Executive Director

WORLD BANK

Annette Dixon, Vice-President

WFP

David Kaatrud, Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific

FAO

Daniel Gustafson, Deputy Director-General


Speech

Speech delivered by H.H. The Aga Khan at the Brussels Conference on Afghanistan 2016-10-05

Hazar Imams meets Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in Brussels for the Conference on Afghanistan 2016-10-05
Source: 
akdn.org

VIDEO of the speech here on this link:

http://ismaili.net/timeline/2016/mhi-speech-afgan.mp4

Bismillahir Raheman ni Rahim
Your Excellency Federica Mogherini and
Your Excellency Salahuddin Rabbani;
Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen

I thank the Government of Afghanistan and the European Union for bringing the international community together. I am very pleased to be here, as the Ismaili Imamat and the Aga Khan Development Network have an enduring commitment to Afghanistan.

Recent Articles

Aga Khan Trust for Culture to rebuild 4 historic sites in Kabul

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Source: 
khaama.com

The Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) will soon start the rebuilding process of four historic sites in capital Kabul, including the sites located along Kabul River.

The AKTC officials informed regarding the plans during a meeting with the Minister of Urban Development and Housing Syed Sadat Mansoor Naderi.

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