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Summary of Statement by Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, at the Relief and Resettlement
Posted April 30th, 2021 by librarian-hdThe United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Sadruddin Aga Khan, stated that it was a privilege for him to attend the conference. The presence of his office on what he termed “This historic occasion” testified to the close and productive cooperation which had always existed between the Government of the Sudan and UNHCR. He expressed appreciation for the moral, political and financial support which Sudan consistently granted his work for refugees both in the General Assembly and in the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s programme in Geneva.
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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 His Highness The Aga Khan at Luncheon by AKDN in Ottawa 1983-04-27
Posted April 23rd, 2021 by librarian-hdSPEECH BY HIS HIGHNESS PRINCE KARIM AGA KHAN
LUNCHEON GIVEN BY THE AGA KHAN FOUNDATION CANADA
IN TORONTO, CANADA
APRIL 27 1983
Honourable Ministers, Your Excellencies, My Lord Chief Justice, Distinguished Guests.
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Speech by Hazar Imam at the Institutional Dinner in Singapore 2012-04-02
Posted April 18th, 2021 by librarian-hdSingapore April 2 2012
SPEECH BY HAZAR IMAM AT THE INSTITUTIONAL DINNER IN SINGAPORE
President Bana, Leaders of the Jamat
I would like first of all to express My very warm gratitude for this wonderful visit to the Far East.
Recent times have been difficult in the Muslim world. They have been difficult in Africa, they have been difficult for some of our Jamats. And in looking at this background, I ask myself where do we find partners? Partners to work with us, partners where we can share thinking, partners where we will find human resources who will work with us.
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Speech (English translation) by Hazar Imam during visit to Ivory Coast 1998-03-04
Posted April 3rd, 2021 by librarian-hdYour words of praise, Mr President, touch me very much as I have received the warm welcome that has been given to me.
It is indeed with deep gratitude that I have accepted the invitation of the President of the Republic and the Government of Côte d'Ivoire to return to this beautiful country so hospitable and so remarkable for the harmony in which its people live, and which has the pleasure of also benefiting the small Ismaili Community since the very first years of Independence.
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Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan III "Material Intelligence and Spiritual Enlightenment" 1955-02-20
Posted February 15th, 2021 by librarian-hdMaterial Intelligence and Spiritual Enlightenment
An Address at the Platinum Jubilee Ceremony
Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah Aga Khan
February 20, 1955 Cairo, Egypt
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Speech at the Prince Aly Khan Boys' Academy 1970-02-08
Posted January 31st, 2021 by librarian-hd"I have been most impressed during this short visit, not only with the excellent maintenance of the buildings, but even more so with the appearance of all the children and with the intelligent care and guidance they are receiving. Bravo to All." In the afternoon, His Royal Highness accompanied by Princess Salimah drove to the Prince Aly Khan Boys' Academy at Malir to perform the opening ceremony of the Academy established by the Ismailia Youth Services in memory of Hazar Imam's illustrious father the late Prince Aly S. Khan.
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Speech by Hazar Imam at the Civic Reception held in Karachi 1970-02-09
Posted January 31st, 2021 by librarian-hdLet me here and now publicly reaffirm the Ismailia Community's decision to build for Karachi a really first class Medical and Nurses' Training College, attached to the finest hospital which modern science can devise.
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Speech by Hazar Imam to the Teachers of Gymkhana School, Karachi 1970-02-09
Posted January 31st, 2021 by librarian-hdHIS HIGHNESS ADDRESSES THE TEACHERS OF GYMKHANA SCHOOL
"Are there any problems which you want to raise with me? I haven't got much time, what I mean I'd rather hear what your problems are than make any form of address. Is there anyone who wants to raise any particular problem?......Pause......Are there no problems that you wish to discuss at this stage?'
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Maulana Hazar Imam's Auspicious Message to Ismailis 1945-07-24
Posted January 16th, 2021 by librarian-hdDar-es-Salaam, Tanganyika
24th July, 1945
"In place of various messages read at present daily, bi-weekly, weekly and monthly, only following special message to be read once every week all over Africa to spiritual children after prayers"
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Speech by H.H. The Aga Khan at the luncheon at Vancouver Hotel during the foundation of the Burnaby Jamat Khana 1982-07-26
Posted January 15th, 2021 by librarian-hdJuly 26, 1982
SPEECH BY HAZAR IMAM IN VANCOUVER
Your Honour,
The Honorable Senator Perrault,
The Honorable Mrs. Grace McCarthy,
Deputy Premier of British Columbia,
His Worship, The Mayor of Vancouver,
Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen,
One of the advantages of coming at the end of a long list of speakers is that everybody wants you to stop speaking.
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Speech by His Highness The Aga Khan at Hotel Vancouver 1983-04-22
Posted January 9th, 2021 by librarian-hdHotel Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia,
Canada
April 22, 1983
(During Hazar Imam's Silver Jubilee visit to the Canadian Jamats, a banquet was held in His honour in Vancouver. A plaque was presented to Hazar Imam by the Deputy Premier which "symbolized the love and support and the appreciation of the citizens of British Columbia." The Mayor of Vancouver in his welcome address also announced that this day had been declared "Ismaili Day")
Hazar Imam then made the following speech.
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Speech by Hazar Imam at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Hyderabad THE UNIQUE TECHNICAL REVOLUTION 1964-12-23
Posted December 6th, 2020 by librarian-hdI am grateful and honoured by your kind invitation to me to-night, and I am sincerely thankful to you for having given me this occasion to meet the industrial and business elite of this historical and beautiful city.
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The Clarion Call
Posted December 3rd, 2020 by librarian-hdPrince Hussain Aga Khan held a beautiful speech on the main stage during EAT Stockholm Food Forum 2019 to bring awareness to the endangered species living in our oceans. Since the age of five, he has been a fan of the ocean and everything connected to it.
At 14, Prince Hussain Aga Khan started scuba diving, and by exploring the deep wide blue he developed a keen interest in conservation. He started traveling to the tropics frequently at secondary school and began taking photographs of fauna and flora on a trip to the Brazilian Amazon in 1996.
Focused On Nature
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Speech by His Highness The Aga Khan at the foundation ceremony of the first purpose built Jamatkhana in Lisbon 1996-12-18
Posted December 1st, 2020 by librarian-hdFoundation Stone-Laying Ceremony of the Centro Ismaili Lisbon, Portugal
Thursday, December 18th, 1996
Your Excellency, Mr President of the Republic
Your Excellency, the Representative of the President of Parliament
Your Excellency, the Representative of His Excellency the Prime Minister
Your Worship, the Mayor of the City of Lisbon
Your Excellencies, Distinguished Guests.
We are all, Mr President, deeply honoured by your presence here today at an occasion that is as significant as it is historic for the Ismaili Muslims worldwide and for myself.
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Speech by Hazar Imam at His 80th Birthday Party at Aiglemont 2016-12-16
Posted November 24th, 2020 by librarian-hdMembers of My family, members of the Jamat, this is a uniquely happy occasion in My life. And as you can tell I am a little emotional. But then who isn't when you reach the revered age of eighty. So I am there, but I feel I as though I am 40. Thanks to you. .
This has been a very, very happy occasion for Me and I would like to thank everyone who has participated in making this event happen.
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Speech by Prince Aly S. Khan to the Council for Islamic Affairs, New York 1958-05-27
Posted November 14th, 2020 by librarian-hdIslam – A Liberating Force
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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Speech by the Governor of Sindh on the occasion of the Convocation of the Aga Khan University 1996-11-23
Posted November 3rd, 2020 by librarian-hdYour Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan
Honourable Chief Minister of Sindh
Chairman and Members of the Board of Trustees
Faculty Members
Graduating Students
and Distinguished Guests
Assalam-o-Alaikum,
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SPEECH BY HIS HIGHNESS THE AGA KHAN AT THE INAUGURATION OF THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CENTRE OF THE INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL
Posted November 1st, 2020 by librarian-hdH.H. The Aga Khan, Mowlana Hazar Imam attended the inauguration of the first Professional Development Centre of the Aga Khan University's Institute for Educational Development. Hazar Imam in His remarks that poor educational quality was 'a profound problem, one that cruelly fetters the development of this country and many others'
November 18, 1994
SPEECH BY HIS HIGHNESS THE AGA KHAN AT THE INAUGURATION OF THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CENTRE OF THE INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Karachi, Pakistan
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Speech by H.H. Sultan Muhammad Shah Aga Khan III
Posted October 25th, 2020 by librarian-hdIf I were Dictator
Source: Message by The Aga Khan
(The Listener, 11th November 1931.)
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