Speeches and Interviews of Aga Khan IV
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Speech: French Medical Institute for Children Inauguration
I should especially emphasise the significance of this Institute in the reconstruction of Afghanistan. This Institute was created through a Public-Private Partnership to establish…
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Alcan Award Prize awarded to AKPBS
Date: March 02, 2006 Location: Canada, Pakistan Speaker: Princess Zahra Aga Khan Source URL: https://the.akdn/en/resources-media/resources/speeches/alcan-award-prize-awarded-akpbs-princess-zahra-aga-khan Source: AKDN website Full Text By Princess Zahra Aga Khan,Vancouver,…
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Speech: Acceptance Address – Honorary Doctorate, University of Evora
One of history’s great lessons is that a society can underwrite human progress only when it overcomes its insularity and suspicion of “the other,”…
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Protocol of Cooperation between the government of the Republic of Portugal and the Ismaili Imamat
Date: December 19, 2005 Location: Portugal Speaker: His Late Highness Aga Khan IV Source URL: https://the.akdn/en/resources-media/resources/speeches/protocol-cooperation-between-government-republic-portugal-and-ismaili-his-highness-the-aga-khan Source: AKDN website Full Text By His Late…
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Speech: 2005 Aga Khan University Convocation Ceremony
Many countries, nations at widely diverse stages of economic and social development, are expressing grave doubts about the effectiveness of their systems of education…
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Speech: Kabul Serena Hotel Opening Ceremony
[T]here are some who will ask: why build an hotel in Afghanistan at this stage of its struggle for development? And why build one…
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Speech: Acceptance Address – Carnegie Medal for Philanthropy
The achievements of the AKDN would not be possible without the tireless contributions of the global community of Ismailis that I lead, residing in…
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Speech: Acceptance Address – Die Quadriga 2005 Prize
I am fortunate to lead an international community with a strong social conscience. Bridging North and South, East and West, the Ismailis have a…
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Speech: Acceptance Address – Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, AUB
The university’s fidelity to its founding notion that disciplined, objective inquiry is the property of all humanity, attracts faculty and students of high calibre…
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Interview: CBC Interview (2nd), CBC Morning
I have had a feeling that in Europe, but also in Asia and Africa, many, many of the conflicts have been driven by peoples…
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Speech: The Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat Foundation Stone Ceremony
The Delegation will serve a representational role for the Imamat and its non-denominational, philanthropic and development agencies which constitute the Aga Khan Development Network…
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Speech: Keynote Address to the Nobel Institute’s Seminar
Just as we read about the supposed clash of civilisations, we read about so-called “failed states.” In fact, at least in my definition of…