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The Ismailia community of Africa celebrated the marriage of Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah and Begum Mata Salamat (Yvette Labrousse) held in Geneva, Switzerland on 10th October, 1944

Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan signs a giant version of a new manifesto of the European Committee for Improvements in the Transportation of Farm Animals in London, December 1, 1993.

I would like to ABSOLUTELY thank Marta, who has been amazing and inspiring… encouraging and unbelievably supportive throughout.
And for giving me a platform and outreach capacity I never dreamed I might have.

It is such an immense honor for me to be here today… And it always feels like so many other people are more deserving, have been doing
this for longer and are more technically competent.

Never in my life did I dream I would become a wildlife photographer – despite spending hundreds of hours as a child looking at

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.

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

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

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

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,

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).

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

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

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, 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.

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, 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

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.

Imamat Day Mubarak July 11, 2020