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Hidden secrets of the universe-interview with Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan June Ducas about his art collection, now on show at the

Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan with Princess Catherine
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ismaili.net

If ever East meets West, it could be said to do so at Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan's 17th-century home, the Château de Bellerive on the shores of Lake Geneva. Flanked by two square towers, the
stone façade of the château with its tiled roof, wooden shutters and arched doors of studded oak is austere but arrestingly beautiful.

While the outside may be simple, the rooms inside are crammed with exotic bibelots, orchids, oriental

A Man For All Nations - Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan

Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan
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A Man For All Nations

On a clear day, with binoculars, you can look across lake Geneva from Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan's office to the towers of his seventh century Chateau Bellerive, at least you could until yesterday, when he resigned after 12 years as UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Outside are well-kept lawns, winding paths, splendid great evergreens. It all seems a million miles away from the squalor and misery one associates with the very word refugee.

Happy 84th Birthday our beloved Hazar Imam

Happy 84th Birthday our beloved Hazar Imam

Our Beloved Hazar Imam celebrates His 84th Salgirah Mubarak on December 13, 2020 in the 64th year of His ascension to the throne of Imamat

Happy Birthday Sara Boyden Aga Khan

Happy Birthday Sara Boyden Aga Khan

Friday 13 marked the 20th anniversary of her birth in Geneva on November 13, 2000

Happy Birthday Prince Rahim

Happy Birthday Prince Rahim

Prince Rahim celebrates his 49th birthday this week on Monday. Prince Rahim was born in Geneva, Switzerland on Tuesday October 12th 1971

H.H. THE AGA KHAN'S REVIEW AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS ON ADJOURNMENT OF THE SESSION 1937-10-06

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ismaili.net

October 6, 1937 - Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III made a Presidential Review at the Adjournment of the 18th session of the League of Nations at Geneva. He said, 'The tribulations of one people are the tribulations of all. That which weakens one weakens all. That which is a gain to one is surely a gain to all. This is no empty ideal...'

H.H. THE AGA KHAN'S REVIEW AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS ON ADJOURNMENT OF THE SESSION

Geneva
6th October 1937

18th Session

THE AGA KHAN'S PRESIDENTIAL REVIEW
Ladies and Gentlemen,

Princess Zahra Aga Khan

Princess Zahra Aga Khan

Princess Zahra celebrates her 50th birthday today September 18th. Born in Geneva, Switzerland to Hazar Imam and Begum Salimah

Prince Amyn Aga Khan

Prince Amyn Aga Khan

Prince Amyn Muhammad celebrates his 83rd birthday. Born in Geneva on September 12th 1937 to Prince Aly Khan and Princess Tajuddawlah Aga Khan (née Joan Yarde-Buller).

Prince Sadruddin: Interview with The Unesco Courier 1991-05-01

UNESCO Courier
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UNESCO Courier May 1991

UNESCO Courier May 1991.

Courier: You have been associated with the United Nations system for many years. Did you feel a vocation to serve the UN?

Statement by Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly 1976-09-15

Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan
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UNHCR

Statement by Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, to the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly, 15 November 1976
By Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan | 15 November 1976

Mr. Chairman,

As I report to the Committee this year, UNHCR completes a quarter century of service to those worst served by the antagonisms and intolerance of our age.

Statement by Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, U.N. High Commissioner on the Granting of Independence 1977-01-01

Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan
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UNHCR

Statement by Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, on the Granting of Independence
By Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan | 01 January 1977

Verbatim record of Statement to UNHCR headquarters staff 1977-01-24

Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan
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UNHCR

Verbatim record of Statement of Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, to UNHCR headquarters staff, 24 January 1977
By Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan | 24 January 1977

Permanent Representatives in Geneva of States Members of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme 1977-07-11

Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan
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UNHCR

Statement by Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, at the Meeting of Permanent Representatives in Geneva of States Members of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme (ExCom), 11 July 1977
By Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan | 11 July 1977

Mr. Chairman,

Statement by Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, to the United Nations Economic & Social 1977-07-27

Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan
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UNHCR

Statement by Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), 27 July 1977
By Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan | 27 July 1977

Mr. Chairman, Distinguished Delegates.

Speech by Prince Aga Khan, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, to the Sub-Committee of the Whole on International Protection 1

Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan
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UNHCR

Opening Statement by Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, to the Sub-Committee of the Whole on International Protection, 3 October 1977
By Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan | 03 October 1977

Mr. Chairman,

Award Statement by Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, on the occasion of the award of the Hansen Me

Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan
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UNHCR

Award Statement by Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, on the occasion of the award of the Nansen Medal for 1977 to the Malaysian Red Crescent Society, Geneva, 10 October 1977
By Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan | 10 October 1977

Collection of Sadruddin Aga Khan heads to auction 2020-08-21

Prince Sadruddin and Princess Catherine Aga Khan
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thestatesman.com/

According to the auction house, visionaries, and ahead of their time, Prince Sadruddin and Princess Catherine Aga Khan have been the discreet patrons of many major philanthropic projects, aimed at preserving cultural and natural sites, from Egyptian temples to the Alps.

The remarkable private collection of Sadruddin Aga Khan and his wife, will head to auction on October 1, 2020, global auction house Christie’s announced. The couple are the son and daughter-in-law of Aga Khan III, president of the All-India Muslim League during India’s pre-Independence era.

Prince Irfan born April 11, 2015

Prince Irfan born April 11, 2015

Happy Birthday Prince Irfan first son for Prince Rahim and Princess Salwa


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