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SECRETARY-GENERAL CELEBRATES LIFE OF PRINCE SADRUDDIN AGA KHAN - 2003-10-28
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan tonight paid tribute to Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan at a memorial ceremony in New York for the prominent international civil servant. Prince Sadruddin served the United Nations with distinction, most notably as the youngest and longest-serving UN High Commissioner for Refugees (1965-1977), and later as Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq and Afghanistan, Mr. Annan told the memorial service.

SADRUDDIN AGA KHAN, LE PRINCE ECOLOGISTE - 2003-10-12

Né en 1933 à Paris, Sadruddin Aga Khan est le fils cadet de Mohammed Shah Aga Khan III, chef spirituel des musulmans ismaéliens. Pendant la guerre, il se réfugie en Suisse, un pays auquel il restera très attaché.

SADRUDDIN AGA KHAN ANCIEN RESPONSABLE DU HAUT COMMISSARIAT DES NATIONS UNIS POUR LES REFUGIES - 2003-05-17

Le Monde - Le prince Sadruddin Aga Khan , ancien responsable du Haut commissariat des Nations unies pour les réfugiés (HCR), est mort, lundi 12 mai, à l'h

MUERE EL PRINCIPE SADRUDDIN AGA KHAN - 2003-05-17

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PRINCE SADRUDDIN AGA KHAN LAID TO REST IN COLLONGE-BELLERIVE - 2003-05-16

Collonge-Bellerive, Switzerland- In the calm of the quiet Swiss commune at whose heart he lived for nearly half a century, Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan was today laid to rest following traditional Muslim ceremonies, attended, as he had wished, by his most intimate family.

CELEBRATED U.N. HUMANITARIAN LEADER PRINCE SADRUDDIN AGA KHAN DIES AT AGE 70 - 2003-05-13

It is with utmost sadness that we have learned that Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan has taken his last breath on 12th May 2003in Boston. The Prince had been United Nations' High Commissioner for Refugees for many years and was a champion in the defense of environmental issues.

THE LAST WORD: SADRUDDIN AGA KHAN - 2002-09-02
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Newsweek International - Calling for Conservation

PRINCE SADRUDDIN AGA KHAN ON THE DESTRUCTION OF BUDDHAS</I> - 2001-03-01

Taleban Target Statues. International Herald Tribune

Event - 1998-01-21

From The Daily Telegraph dated January 22nd: The Aga Khan, Prince Amyn, Prince Hussein and Princess Yasmin attended the dinner held last night at the British Museum on the occasion of the opening of the exhibition 'Princes, Poets and Paladins: Islamic and Indian Paintings from the Collection of Prince and Princess Sadruddin Aga Khan.'

Event - 1997-07-11

Nation's writes: His Highness the Aga Khan today announced that he was making grants totalling $50 million to five institutions founded by him over the 40 years of his Imamat (spiritual leadership) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims.

Event - 1986-01-05
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Prince Sadruddin and Princess Aleya visit Mombasa. At Bahati with Mombasa Council members, Mukhi, Kamadias and their spouses. (

JANUARY 5, 1986

PRINCE SADRUDIN AGA KHAN'S VISIT TO MOMBASA

Prince Sadrudin, Princess Aleya and their friends were recently in Mombasa for their annual holidays and spent a fortnight at their Bahati Villa on the South Coast.

Prince Sadrudin travelled by road from Nairobi to Mombasa after having just arrived by air on Monday 23rd December, 1985. Representatives from the Mombasa Provincial Council welcomed the party at the Likoni Ferry that evening.

Event - 1985-12-23

Prince Sadruddin and Princess Aleya spent a fortnight at Bahati Villa in Mombasa, Kenya for their annual holidays. The Prince invited Ismaili Council leaders to an informal Tea Party on Sunday, January 5, 1986. (photo)

Event - 1984-11-12-A

Monday. Mowlana Hazar Imam calls for long term strategy in Urban Planning at the Ninth International Seminar in Cairo, 'Expanding the Metropolis.' The seminar whose inauguration was attended by over 500 delegates from throughout the Muslim world had its opening session at the Arab League Building in Cairo. Also attending the Seminar were Mata Salamat, Om Habibah, Prince Sadruddin, Princess Aliya and Prince Amyn Mohammed. (click here)

Event - 1983-08-02
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Hazar Imam, together with Prince sadruddin, attended the funeral of actor David Niven.

Speech given by Prince Sadruddin , excerpt - 1975-04-22

As we meet here tonight, a deeply moving occasion for me, my thoughts turned first of all to my late Beloved Father who would have been so encouraged to see such a large gathering of Ismailis concentrated in a new land where they have never been before and as I think of my Late Father, I am greatly encouraged by the strength, the resilience, the tremendous ability to adapt, that all of you here have shown in settling in this great, this wonderful country.

Event - 1965-12-01-A

Mowlana Hazar Imam's uncle, Prince Sadruddin, was unanimously elected U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees.

Event - 1962-02-01

Mowlana Hazar Imam's Uncle, Prince Sadruddin, was appointed United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees.

Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan-2003-05-13

Mediating between East and West, and bringing an environmental conscience to the affairs of the UN


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