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Interview with Princess Salimah Aga Khan by Sameera Gokhale 2008-07-03
Posted December 24th, 2018 by librarian-hdSameera Gokal: Could you please start off by telling us your name and what cause you
support?
Princess Salimah: My name is Salimah Aga Khan, and I was asked to be the first
International Ambassador for SOS Children’s Villages. I had already been devoted to SOS
Children’s Villages since 1995.
Sameera Gokal: What exactly is your role as an ambassador for SOS?
Princess Salimah: It is … to do as I’m told (laughing). My role is to be a bridge between SOS
and local authorities, and also to go see the villages and mothers. I think it’s a role which I need
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Happy Birthday Hazar Imam

Hazar Imam on His 1st Birthday with Prince Sadruddin and Prince Amyn
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Hazar Imam meets with President Ghani of Afghanistan in Geneva 2018-11-27

The spiritual leader of Shia Ismaili Muslims Prince Karim Aga Khan reaffirmed support to Afghanistan during a meeting with President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani.in Geneva 2018-11-27
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Speech by His Highness Geneva Ministerial Conference on Afghanistan 2018-11-28
Posted November 28th, 2018 by librarian-hdBismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim
Excellencies,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I wish to thank the Government of Afghanistan and the United Nations for bringing the international community together to reaffirm our commitment to Afghanistan, and, most importantly, to its people.
Two years ago, many of us gathered in Brussels for a similar purpose. And there have been several such gatherings over the past some seventeen years. Commitments have been made, challenges overcome, hopes raised and sometimes dashed.
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Aga Khan at 2018 Conference on Afghanistan 2018-11-28
Posted November 28th, 2018 by librarian-hdRegional cooperation and a commitment to pluralism are key to a country’s national development and stability, says Aga Khan
Geneva, Switzerland, 28 November 2018 – His Highness the Aga Khan, speaking at the Geneva Conference on Afghanistan, today reaffirmed his “enduring commitment to Afghanistan, and, most importantly, to its peoples”.
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Hazar Imam at the Geneva Conference on Afghanistan 2018-11-28

His Highness the Aga Khan delivers his statement on behalf of the Imamat and the AKDN at the UNAMA Geneva Conference on Afghanistan.
AKDN / Jean-Luc Ray
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Princess Zahra Aga Khan attends the GEL Summit at the United Nations 2018-11-06
Posted November 12th, 2018 by librarian-hdThe GEL Summit at the UN, in partnership with the International School of Geneva, will bring together global leaders to inspire students from diverse backgrounds on the importance of Responsible Business and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Princess Zahra Aga Khan
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amyn agakhan
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Remembering Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan 2018-05-17
Posted May 17th, 2018 by librarian-hdA new book by English-Swiss author Diana Miserez remembers the multifaceted life of prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, writes Amal Owaida
Despite the objections of his wife princess Catherine, the first book to appear 14 years after the death of prince Sadruddin Aga Khan has now been published in English and French. Entitled Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, Humanitarian and Visionary (Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, Humaniste et Visionnaire), the book has been written by English-Swiss author Diana Miserez.
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Happy Birthday to Prince Irfan born April 11, 2015 in Geneva, Switzerland. The name Irfan in Arabic means gnosis, or knowledge of the divine
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President Reagan, Prince Hussain & his goldfish
Posted April 9th, 2018 by librarian-hdPresident Reagan, Prince Hussain & his goldfish
In the 1980s, when President Reagan was about to hold his first ever meeting with Mikhail Gorbachev in Switzerland, the President was staying at a fine residence outside Geneva on the shore of Lake Geneva. The villa belonged to Prince Karim Aga Khan. The Prince, the Begum and their three children, Princess Zahra and her brothers Prince Rahim and Prince Hussain, had moved out so that the President could use the house.
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Happy Birthday Prince Hussain
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Birthday of Prince Sadrudin

Prince Sadrudin Aga Khan was born January 17 1933 Neuilly-sur-Seine, Switzerland and served as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from 1966 to 1977,
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Princess Zahra
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prince Amyn
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REVERSING THE GRAIN DRAIN - Speech by Prince Sadrudin Aga Khan 1986-05-18
Posted September 1st, 2017 by librarian-hdREVERSING THE GRAIN DRAIN
An Address on May 18, 1986 by
PRINCE SADRUDDIN AGA KHAN
at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
Tufts University
Medford, Massachusetts 02155
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Prince Rahim weds Kendra Spears

Prince Rahim married Kendra Spears on 31 August 2013 in a private ceremony held at Bellerive Castle on the shores of Lake Geneva, Switzerland. The bride took the name Princess Salwa. [
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Switzerland and Aga Khan Foundation support earthquake-affected people in Kyrgyzstan 2017-06-28
Posted June 28th, 2017 by librarian-hdBISHKEK (TCA) — The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, the Aga Khan Foundation and Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation in Kyrgyzstan have joined forces to support the most vulnerable households in Chon Alai district of Osh oblast in south Kyrgyzstan affected by the earthquakes of May 2017, the Embassy of Switzerland in the Kyrgyz Republic said on June 28.
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