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Pakistan's New Permanent Representative Aly Khan Aga Khan to UN Presents Credentials

Ambassador Aly Khan, the new Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations, is seen here (right) as he presented his credentials today to U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold. 1958-03-04
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Hazar Imam's Remarks upon receiving the Rockefeller Leadership Award 2012-10-22

Thank you so much
As I have done my work, over the past decades, I’ve concluded that one of the most important forces in development is civil society. If you think about the countries around the world which have had fragile governments but which have still made progress, there are umpteen examples of countries which have made progress, because they have had strong civil society.
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Remarks by His Highness The Aga Khan on being the recipient of the David Rockefeller Bridging Leadership Award 2012-10-22
Posted May 2nd, 2022 by librarian-hdROCKEFELLER BRIDGING LEADERSHIP AWARD
New York, U.S.A.
October 22, 2O12
Thank you so much
As I have done my work, over the past decades, I’ve concluded that one of the most important forces in development is civil society. If you think about the countries around the world which have had fragile governments but which have still made progress, there are umpteen examples of countries which have made progress, because they have had strong civil society.
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Prince Rahim met with United Nations Secretary General Mr António Guterres at the UN’s Headquarters in New York
Posted February 11th, 2022 by librarian-hdPrince Rahim conveyed special greetings from Mawlana Hazar Imam, which the Secretary General warmly reciprocated.
During the meeting, Mr Guterres and Prince Rahim spoke about the longstanding partnership between the Aga Khan Development Network and the United Nations, and discussed ways in which to enhance collaboration between the agencies of the two institutions to improve the quality of life of marginalised communities in particular, in Asia and Africa.
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Speech at the Graduation ceremony at the School of International and Public Affairs, USA 2006-05-15
Posted December 25th, 2021 by librarian-hdBismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim
Dean Anderson,
Faculty Members,
Graduating Students and Parents,
Distinguished Guests,
Ladies and Gentlemen
I am deeply honoured to be here and deeply grateful for your invitation. This is a memorable day both in your personal lives and in the life of this School—and I am pleased to share in it.
They say that a good graduation speaker is someone who can talk in someone else’s sleep. I hope we can break that pattern today.
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Islam – The Religion of Equality — Prince Aly Khan 1958-05-27
Posted May 12th, 2021 by librarian-hdSpeech by H. R. H. Prince Aly Khan
Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the Council of Islamic Affairs,
New York, May 27th 1958.
The late Prince Aly Khan (d. 1960) was the father of the present Aga Khan (IV), and eldest son of the previous Aga Khan (III) — who was also the Chairman of the League of Nations (1933 – 1936).
Mr. Chairman, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Thank you very much for the honour you have done me by inviting me to be your guest at this luncheon and for the kind words you have said about me.
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Speech by Prince Sadrudin UN High Commissioner for Refugees, at the European Consultative Meeting, 1968-04-01
Posted April 26th, 2021 by librarian-hdMr. Chairman,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I assumed office as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees at the beginning of this year. One of the first tasks to which I had to turn my attention was the problem faced by European governments with regard to the increased number of refugees and asylum-seekers moving into European States. One aspect of this phenomenon has been the fact that, in recent years, the majority of asylum-seekers entering Europe are from non-European countries far away from the region.
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Speech by Prince Aly S. Khan to the Council for Islamic Affairs, New York 1958-05-27
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Speech by Prince Aly S. Khan to The Council of Islamic Affairs, New York
May 27, 1958
It is one of the paradoxes of history that the West, and the Islamic world which have so many beliefs and values in common, should have lived in antagonism for centuries. When we consider the great contribution of the Islamic peoples to modern Western civilization, particularly in the realm of scientific enquiry, philosophic thought and mysticism, wherein the religious spirit is lifted to the sublime, the paradox of conflict becomes all the more striking
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Mawlana Hazar Imam delivers keynote address Rockefeller celebration: 1989-10-27
Posted October 7th, 2020 by librarian-hdHazar Imam gave a keynote address at Rockefeller Foundation at a dinner hosted by the Rockefeller family at their Pocantico Hills, N.Y. home on the occasion of the 150th birthday of John D. Rockefeller. Hazar Imam was introduced by his former classmate at Harvard, Mr. David Rockefeller Jr. (Senator Rockefeller)
Mawlana Hazar Imam delivers keynote address Rockefeller celebration:
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Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize Recipient: SOS-Kinderdorf Internationa 2002-10-14
Posted October 2nd, 2020 by librarian-hdThe Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize was established by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation in 1996. The annual one million dollar award honors a charitable or non-governmental organization that has made extraordinary contributions toward alleviating human suffering anywhere in the world.
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Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Hadrian Award 1997-10-24
Posted September 5th, 2020 by librarian-hdSpeech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Hadrian Award
The Plaza Hotel
24th October 1997
Mr. Culver, Mr. Bronfman, distinguished guests,
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Speech by His Highness The Aga Khan at the Hadrian Award Ceremony 1996-10-25
Posted September 5th, 2020 by librarian-hdThe Plaza Hotel, New York
October 25, 1996
Your Excellencies, Distinguished Guests,
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AKU & Columbia U announce dual master’s degree 2020-03-12
Posted March 13th, 2020 by librarian-hdColumbia University’s Middle East Institute in New York and the Aga Khan University’s Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations in London have signed an agreement at Columbia University to mark the launch of their dual master’s degree.
The unique degree brings together two of the world’s leading universities and gives students the opportunity to study a topic of global significance while based in London and New York.
“At this moment in history, such an endeavour is especially important”
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Statement by Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, UNHCR, to the 3RD Committee of the U.N. 1967-11-20
Posted February 19th, 2020 by librarian-hdMadam Chairman,
As this is the first time that I am addressing the General Assembly this year, I should like, first of all, to offer you my sincere congratulations on your election and to congratulate the other officers of the Third Committee, the distinguished Vice-Chairman and Rapporteur.
Madam Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, I also wish to say how happy I am to be here in the Third Committee once more.
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H. H. The Aga Khan’s homebred Edisa Scores in Jockey Club Oaks
Posted September 9th, 2019 by librarian-hdBELMONT, NY – H. H. The Aga Khan’s homebred Edisa overcame an awkward start by flying home in the late stages to win Saturday’s $750,000 Jockey Club Oaks Invitational Stakes at Belmont Park.
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Prince Aly Khan, Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations 1958-08-19
Posted May 14th, 2019 by librarian-hdGeneral Assembly Continues Middle East Debate
The General Assembly met today to continue the substantive debate of its Third Emergency Special Session.
Among the speakers at this morning's meeting was Prince Aly Khan, Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations, who is photographed here as he addressed the Assembly.
19 August 1958
United Nations, New York
General Assembly Continues Middle East Debate
The General Assembly met today to continue the substantive debate of its Third Emergency Special Session.
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SPEECH TO THE ASIA SOCIETY - New York, U.S.A. 1979-09-25
Posted March 3rd, 2019 by librarian-ldMr Talbot, Ladies and Gentlemen, honoured guests and members of the Asia Society
By the Islamic calendar we will in just a few months enter the 1400th year of our faith. In the Christian accounting of time, we stand on the brink of the 21st century. It seems fitting to reflect, to consider what Islam has been and what it is to become in this new age. It is a time to speak about hazards and about visions.
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The Aga Khan, a jet-setter who mixes business and Islam 2007-07-09
Posted February 25th, 2019 by librarian-hdNEW YORK — He is a moderate Muslim religious leader and a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad. He is also a twice-married jet-setter, and he owns hundreds of racehorses, valuable stud farms, an exclusive yacht club on Sardinia and a lavish estate near Paris.
He has poured money into poorer, neglected parts of the world, often into businesses as basic as making fishnets, plastic bags and matches, while also teaming up with private equity powerhouses like the Blackstone Group on a $750 million hydroelectric system in Uganda.
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Prince Amyn honoured at World Monuments Fund’s Hadrian Gala 2018-10-23
Posted October 29th, 2018 by librarian-hdWorld Monuments Fund (WMF) honored Prince Amyn Aga Khan, of the Aga Khan Development Network, and Dr. Eusebio Leal Spengler, historian of the city of Havana, Cuba, at the 31st annual Hadrian Gala held at the Rainbow Room in New York City on October 23.
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Prince Amyn honoured at The Hadrian Gala: Honoring Extraordinary Leaders since 1988 2018-10-23
Posted October 23rd, 2018 by librarian-hdPrince Amyn Aga Khan
Prince Amyn Aga Khan is a lifelong supporter of cultural heritage in all its forms. He obtained a bachelor’s from Harvard University and a master’s from Harvard’s GSAS while studying in parallel at the New England Conservatory of Music. In 1964, he joined the United Nations Secretariat in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, and later joined the Aga Khan’s Secretariat.
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