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2007, October 17:Le Trust Aga Khan pour la culture (AKTC) collabore avec le Louvre à deux expositions sur l'art islamique à Paris, ainsi qu'avec le Musée des Arts décoratifs, à Paris également. [Allocution par Son Altesse L'Aga Khan] [Closing Address by His Highness the Aga Khan] [Communiqué de Presse] [Press Release]

2008, June 10: American Friends of the Louvre Gala

PARIS - JUNE 10: Princesse Zahra, the Aga Khan and Princess Guillaume of Luxembourg attend a party hosted by Becca Cason Thrash, to honour The American Friends of The Louvre on June 10, 2008 in Paris. (Photo by Michel Dufour/WireImage)

2009, May 28: Paris, France - Christine Albanel, ministre de la Culture et de la Communication, a remis, le jeudi 28 mai 2009, les distinctions de 'Grand Mécène' et de 'Grand Donateur' du Ministère de la Culture à Son Altesse l'Aga Khan IV. [English] [Francais]

2009, January 18: Meeting between Minister for Foreign Affairs George Yeo and His Highness the Aga Khan. (PHOTO: MFA) - Minister for Foreign Affairs George Yeo was hosted to lunch by His Highness the Aga Khan at the latter's residence in Paris on 18 January 2009. It was a follow-up to their earlier meeting in December 2008 when the Aga Khan visited Singapore as part of his Golden Jubilee celebrations. During the lunch, His Highness conveyed his decision to establish an Ismaili Centre and regional representative office of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) in Singapore.

The Executive Board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recently invited Mowlana Hazar Imam to address a full session of its Executive Board, which met at UNESCO headquarters in Paris.
At the Executive Board's specific request, Hazar Imam's speech was preceded by a 30-minute slide presentation on the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) by Guillaume de Spoelberch, Executive Director of the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) and a member of the Board of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC).

Paris's flag-bedecked international exposition centre, Porte de Versailles, was the venue of Mowlana Hazar Imam and Begum Salimah's first visit to the European Jamat on Thursday, July 3rd, 1980. Ismailis from France, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Austria, Germany; Switzerland, Italy and Spain, converged on Paris for this long-awaited Mulakat after weeks of preparation.

Ladies and Gentlemen
It is a great pleasure for me to have the opportunity to address this inaugural session of the World Mountain Forum.
I am especially happy that the Ismaili Imamat has been given the opportunity to participate in a Forum organised by and for all those concerned with the difficulties facing the populations of mountain regions, and to share lessons that have been learnt, to exchange mutual experience and advice, to better identify the problems that exist, and to try, as part of a joint effort, to propose new and more efficient solutions.

http://www.digitalcongo.net/fullstory.php?id=33851
Digital Congo
Paris, 4 fevrier 2004
Par Nikola Vadjon, Envoyé spécial.

Le président Joseph Kabila en audience avec le Prince (Amyn) Aga Khan

Extraits:

Creating a credible democracy in Iraq will be a long and difficult process, according to the Aga Khan, billionaire spiritual leader of the world's 15 million Ismaili Muslims, in an interview to appear on Tuesday.'Democracy has not been applied in Iraq for a very long time,' he said in Tuesday's edition of the French Roman Catholic newspaper La Croix.
'Putting in place a credible system will take time and will be difficult. Afghanistan proves that,' said Prince Karim Aga Khan, leader of the Ismaili group of Islam's Shi'ite branch.

The Aga Khan is to donate ?40m (

Alcatel < ALCATEL A > a annoncé lundi avoir remporté un contrat 'de plusieurs millions d'euros' portant sur la fourniture d'un réseau GSM en Afghanistan.
Ce contrat a été signé avec le consortium international TDCA (Telecom Development Company Afghanistan) - placé sous la direction de l'Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) et Monaco Telecom International - qui a acquis en janvier dernier la nouvelle licence GSM afghane.

DYNASTIE. Mais qui sont les Agha Khan ?Souverains sans Etat, vrais chefs religieux et richissimes mécènes, les Agha Khan sont des princes mystérieux. Un livre récent vient lever le voile sur l'origine et l'histoire de cette famille dont l'actuel héritier, Karim Agha Khan IV, réside dans l'Oise

One of France's most magnificent castles, home to a spectacular art collection boasting three works by Raphael, is to be saved from falling into disrepair by a rich neighbour.
The Aga Khan, a British citizen and the spiritual leader of the world's estimated 20 million Ismaili Muslims, has set up a

Ladies and Gentlemen
It is a great pleasure for me to have the opportunity to address this inaugural session of the World Mountain Forum.
I am especially happy that the Ismaili Imamat has been given the opportunity to participate in a Forum organised by and for all those concerned with the difficulties facing the populations of mountain regions, and to share lessons that have been learnt, to exchange mutual experience and advice, to better identify the problems that exist, and to try, as part of a joint effort, to propose new and more efficient solutions.

Queen Noor of Jordan and Prince Karim Aga Khan attend the International ‘Global Zero’ Summit Against Nuclear Weapons at Hotel Intercontinental on February 2, 2010 in Paris, France.