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Ibo Island, Mozambique, 14 March 2003 - "Women, even in the most under-resourced corners of Africa, are finding ways of leading their communities out of economic and social marginalisation." Amidst the decaying ruins of an abandoned offshore trading post off the coast of northern Mozambique, Princess Zahra Aga Khan today recognised the determination of disadvantaged littoral communities and their womenfolk, in ...

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Antananarivo, Madagascar, 24 February 2003 -- "A fresh approach to ethics in public life and in the private sector, an improved recognition of the inherent pluralism of contemporary societies, and increased opportunity to build high competence in the sectors of greatest need, are features of the new horizons that I see in Africa today." Speaking at the conclusion of a private ...

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Mombasa, Kenya, 21 February 2003 - "Africa and the developing world can help create centres of educational excellence that will at the same time, be international and indigenous, and that will help mould young men and women from all walks of life and all parts of the world into the leaders of tomorrow." His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) ...

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Nairobi, Kenya, 17 February 2003 - His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of the Ismaili Muslims was today received by President Mwai Kibaki at State House, Nairobi. The two leaders held wide-ranging discussions covering the implementation of previously articulated and new expansion plans for the agencies of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) in Kenya specifically and Eastern Africa ...

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Astana, Kazakhstan, 17 December 2002 - His Highness the Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the Ismaili Muslims, today acknowledged the country's vital and strategic role for the development of Central Asia. The Aga Khan, who was on a short visit to Astana, also received from President Nursultan Nazarbayev the State Award for Peace and Progress. ...

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Astana, Kazakhstan, 17 December 2002 - "Kazakhstan has the potential to guarantee stability across the Central Asian region. By carefully positioning and investing its human and material resources, the country can help assure both social harmony and economic prosperity in one of the world's most vulnerable regions." His Highness the Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the Ismaili Muslims, today acknowledged the ...

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Kabul, Afghanistan, 20 November 2002 - Prince Amyn Aga Khan, younger brother of His Highness the Aga Khan, today announced a substantial investment by the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) to initiate tourism, commercial and urban redevelopment in the capital of Afghanistan through the establishment of a world-class hotel in the centre of Kabul. Following meetings with President Hamid ...

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Kabul, Afghanistan, 5 November 2002 - Enabling governance structures, focused economic development, sensitive urban revitalisation, mutually supportive regional policies and a strong social service infrastructure were key topics in discussions held here over the past two days between His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of the Ismaili Muslims and President Hamid Karzai, Vice Presidents Hedayat Amin Arsala and Karim ...

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Tem, Tajikistan and Demogan, Afghanistan, 3 November 2002 - Tajikistan's President Emomali Rahmonov, His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of the Ismaili Muslims and Afghanistan's Vice-President Hedayat Amin Arsala today inaugurated the first of a series of bridges across the Pyanj River that will consolidate permanent overland links between Tajikistan and Afghanistan. The US$400,000 project, undertaken by the Aga ...

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Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, 1 November 2002 - Wars. Earthquakes. Landslides. Narcotics. Ethnic Cleansing. Poverty. Are mountains the source of many of today's miseries? Or of much of tomorrow's hope? His Highness the Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the Ismaili Muslims, this week demonstrated the argument for optimism as heads of state, international leaders and mountain experts gathered together to mark the ...

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Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, 29 October-1 November 2002 - High in the mountains of Central Asia, a private, secular, not-for-profit university, dedicated to the eradication of the poverty all around it, is rising from barren ground in three predominantly Muslim countries. Thanks to an initial contribution to the endowment of US $15 million from His Highness the Aga Khan, Chairman of the ...

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Osh, Kyrgyz Republic, 30 October 2002 - Creative long-term solutions for poverty-struck regions and the country's future educational needs characterise two major new resources established here today by His Highness the Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the Ismaili Muslims. In a meeting with Governor Naken Kasiev, the Aga Khan outlined an integrated development programme that the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) ...

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Tehran, Iran, 17 October 2002 -- "We need to know our past, see our present and then design our future." "How can we expand our ability to think more globally?" "With the satellite and the Internet, the world is now very small." "The chance to discuss new ideas will make us current." Next door, in Iraq, their neighbours live with a ...

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Toronto, Canada, 8 October 2002 - The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) today announced its intention to establish in Toronto a museum housing exceptional collections of Islamic art and heritage as well as a unique academic and cultural center focused on the study and practice of human pluralism. The museum, which will be the first of its kind in the English ...

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Gouvieux, France, 7 October 2002 -- In an ambitious and innovative investment in one of the poorest regions in the world, the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) - the private sector development arm of the World Bank have joined forces to develop a new electricity generation and distribution project in a remote eastern ...

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Kabul, Afghanistan, 7 October 2002 -- Afghanistan's second Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) licence was awarded on Saturday to an international consortium with strong regional connections led by the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) and comprising Monaco Telecom International (MTI), U.S.-based MCT Corp. and worldwide telecommunications leader Alcatel. The award of the tender to AKFED will now proceed ...

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Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 27 September 2002 - While the world remains focused on conflict and destruction amidst Muslim societies, a collaborative venture in technology shows how the East and the West can together construct a world that recognises shared heritage. His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of the Ismaili Muslims; Charles M. Vest, President of Massachusetts Institute of Technology ...

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Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 9 September 2002 - "The inability of human society to recognise pluralism as a fundamental value constitutes a serious danger for our future." In a vigorous exhortation to "governments, civil societies and peoples of the world," His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) on Saturday night suggested that enhancing "pluralism is as critical for the welfare and ...

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Zanzibar, 19 July 2002 - His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of the Ismaili Muslims and Zanzibar's Chief Minister Shamsi Vuai Nahodha today signed an Agreement of Co-operation to initiate a comprehensive urban rehabilitation proposal for the Seafront Area of Zanzibar's Stone Town, after a private meeting with President Amani Abeid Karume. The Seafront Area, characterised by many historic ...

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Washington, DC, USA, 28 June 2002 - "A search for new forces of stability," was how His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of the Ismaili Muslims, today described one of the pressing needs of the moment in Central Asia. One such force "that seems particularly essential," he said, "is the validation and vigorous promotion of human and cultural pluralism ...

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Washington, DC, USA, 26 June 2002 - "A search for new forces of stability," was how His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of the Ismaili Muslims, today described one of the pressing needs of the moment in Central Asia. One such force "that seems particularly essential," he said, "is the validation and vigorous promotion of human and cultural pluralism ...

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Washington, DC, USA, 26 June 2002 - "A search for new forces of stability," was how His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of the Ismaili Muslims, today described one of the pressing needs of the moment in Central Asia. One such force "that seems particularly essential," he said, "is the validation and vigorous promotion of human and cultural pluralism ...

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Washington, DC, USA, 25 June 2002 - "A search for new forces of stability," was how His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of the Ismaili Muslims, today described one of the pressing needs of the moment in Central Asia. One such force "that seems particularly essential," he said, "is the validation and vigorous promotion of human and cultural pluralism ...

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Houston, Texas, USA, 23 June 2002 -- "Nine eleven has scarred America, but not just America. It has scarred the Islamic world, and hundreds of millions of devout and practicing Muslims for whom the word of the Quran is the word of God. We have clarity and direction enough when the Quran affirms that to save a life is, as if ...

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Nairobi, Kenya, 29 May 2002 - His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of the Ismaili Muslims, today concluded a short visit to Kenya, during which he had meetings with President Daniel arap Moi and other senior government officials. Among the topics discussed was the increasing breadth of activities of the Aga Khan Development Network in Kenya since the Aga ...

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Kampala, Uganda, 27 May 2002 -- His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of the Ismaili Muslims, today held discussions with President Yoweri Museveni and other senior government officials. The meetings covered the progress of activities undertaken by the Aga Khan Development Network in Uganda since the Aga Khan's last official visit here in 1997. While in Kampala, the Aga ...

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Kabul, Afghanistan, 2 May 2002 - The Government of Afghanistan and the Municipality of Kabul today confirmed that the Aga Khan Trust for Culture will lead a project to enable reutilisation of the historic Bagh-e-Babur garden as a major public open space and also to rehabilitate neighbourhood residential dwellings and public sanitation facilities. This confirmation follows the agreement last week under ...

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Kabul, Afghanistan, 2 May 2002 - The Government of Afghanistan and the Municipality of Kabul today confirmed that the Aga Khan Trust for Culture will lead a project to enable reutilisation of the historic Bagh-e-Babur garden as a major public open space and also to rehabilitate neighbourhood residential dwellings and public sanitation facilities. ...

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Moscow, Russian Federation, 30 April 2002 - His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of the Ismaili Muslims, today met with President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation at the Kremlin. The two leaders discussed the potential for expanding activities of the Aga Khan Development Network within the Russian Federation and reviewed together the context in which the Network has ...

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Nahrin, Afghanistan, 29 March 2002 - Serious challenges continue to face outlying populations of Nahrin District as aid agencies consider downscaling relief efforts around Nahrin City. Inaccessible populations, landmines, water and sanitation, and changing weather remain major problems. After discussions with lead agencies in Nahrin this afternoon, Focus Humanitarian Assistance (FOCUS), an international emergency response agency affiliated with the Aga Khan ...

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Kabul, Afghanistan, 23 March 2002 -- His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims and Mr. Hamid Karzai, Chairman of the Interim Authority of the Government of Afghanistan, today signed an Agreement of Cooperation for Development that establishes an operating framework for the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) in Afghanistan. The Agreement, the first of its ...

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Islamabad, Pakistan, 12 March 2002-- His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam of the Ismaili Muslims, and Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf yesterday launched two major initiatives: one to address the problem of endemic poverty, and the other to realise more fully the potential of an underdeveloped sector of Pakistan's economy. These were also amongst topics discussed between the two leaders in private ...

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Islamabad, Pakistan, 11 March 2002 - President Pervez Musharraf today inaugurated The First MicroFinanceBank Ltd. in the presence of His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam of the Ismaili Muslims and Chairman of the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development. The Bank, the country's first private financial institution dedicated to addressing the problems of endemic poverty, starts out with a capital of ...

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Islamabad, Pakistan, 11 March 2002 -- The inauguration of the Islamabad Serena Hotel by President Pervez Musharraf this afternoon in the presence of His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam of the Ismaili Muslims and Chairman of the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED), marks a US$29 million investment in an insufficiently exploited sector of Pakistan's economy. In his welcome speech, ...

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Maputo, Mozambique, 27 February 2002 - The Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED), an apex institution within the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), has purchased the world-renowned Hotel Polana as the first step in a tourism development programme for Mozambique that will expand further AKFED's interest in this sector of economic activity in Eastern Africa. The Aga Khan Fund for ...

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Kampala, Uganda, 16 February 2002 -- "The future of the health sector in this country and the region as a whole is being underwritten by this type of vital investment in human resource capacity building." Welcoming the commissioning of the first international campus of the Aga Khan University (AKU) in customised premises in Kampala, Hon. Abel Rwendeire, Minister of Trade and ...

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New Delhi, India, 1 February 2002 - The European Commission has approved a grant of Euro 25.5 million to the Aga Khan Foundation in India to support community based rural development. The grant will contribute towards a long-term programme to enhance and protect livelihoods of disadvantaged rural populations in resource-poor areas of central-west India, where nearly 100 million people depend on ...

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Ottawa, Canada, 30 January 2002 - Canada's Prime Minister Jean Chretien and His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims today together called for an increased commitment to fostering pluralism in societies across both the developing and developed worlds. The Aga Khan was concluding a two day official visit at the invitation of the Prime Minister ...

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Tokyo, Japan, 21 January 2002 -- His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, today announced at the International Conference on Reconstruction Assistance to Afghanistan a multiyear commitment of US$75 million by the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) to help re-build Afghanistan. The recovery, reconstruction and long-term development programme will "span many regions of the country ...

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