Press releases and
related information from the Aga Khan Development Network,
from 11 July 1998 to the present.
11
August 2007
Aga Khan Visits East Africa
7
July 2007
Public-Private
Partnership for Revitalisation Projects in Historic Cairo,
Egypt, 17 July 2007
12 July 2007
Spirit & Life, Exhibition of Rare Islamic Art and
Manuscripts from the Aga Khan Museum Collection, 14 July
to 31 August, at the The Ismaili Centre, London, United
Kingdom. Find
out more on Spirit & Life, Speech
by His Highness the Aga Khan, Speech
by HRH The Prince of Wales and Photographs
11July 2007
Public-Private Partnership
for Regeneration of Humayun’s Tomb-Nizamuddin Basti-Sundar
Nursery Area in Delhi, India, 11 July 2007
11
July 2007
His Highness the Aga
Khan Marks His Golden Jubilee (now on a new website, TheIsmaili.org,
with information about the Inaugural Cermony, Video and
Photos)
2
July 2007
Public-Private Partnership Signed
for Lahore Walled City Project, 2 July 2007
15
June 2007
The Aga Khan Speaks
at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques
de Paris (Sciences Po),
15 June 2007, Discours
en français, Photos
30
March 2007
Sacred Art and Music of
the Muslim World in Parma, Italy, 30 March 2007
26
March 2007
Afghan
and Pakistan Microfinance Banks Win Top Financial Transparency
Awards
23 January 2007
European Commission and AKDN Sign
Joint Declaration (Press Release
in English, German,
French and Photographs)
20
September 2006
His Highness the Aga Khan Visits
India (Photographs, speeches and related information)
18
September 2006
Prince Hussain Aga Khan Marries
Miss Kristin J. White
4 September
2006
World Habitat Award for Aga
Khan Planning and Building Service in Pakistan
1
September 2006
Shigar Fort Awarded Top Prize
in the 2006 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards
21
August 2006
FOCUS and AKDN Contribute to Helping
Lebanese Families in Syria
29
July 2006
CGAP Award for The First MicroFinanceBank,
Pakistan
20 March 2006
Tourism
Promotion Services restructures to include Kenya, Tanzania
and Zanzibar in its operations
15 March 2006
Inaugural
Concert of Central Asian Music Delights Washington
2 March 2006
Aga
Khan Planning and Building Service, Pakistan establishes
endowment to leverage the 2005 Alcan Prize for Sustainability
31 January 2006
Aga
Khan Proposes Conference on “Enabling Environment”
for Afghanistan Development
7 December
2005
Aga
Khan Planning and Building Service Pakistan Awarded US $1
Million Alcan Prize for Sustainability
6-7
December 2005
Aga
Khan Award for Architecture Seminar on Architectural Journalism
and Criticism in Kuwait
5 December 2005
Aga
Khan Visits Earthquake-Hit Areas of Pakistan
1-2 December 2005
Aga
Khan in Pakistan, Inaugurates Cancer Facility
1
August 2005
The Republic of Mali, The Ismaili
Imamat and the AKDN strengthen their partnership with Agreement
of Cooperation (press release) et version
française
30
July 2005
President Compaoré and the Aga
Khan launch Microfinance Agency in Burkina Faso (press release)
et version française
25
June 2005
Aga Khan Conferred an Honorary
Doctorate in Humane Letters, by the American University
of Beirut, 25 June 2005 (press release and speech)
6
June 2005
Aga
Khan Receives Order of Canada, 6 June 2005 et Version
Francaise
6
June 2005
Aga Khan and Governor General
of Canada Initiate the Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat,
June 2005 et Version Francaise
(includes speech and video)
30
May 2005
Shigar Fort
Inauguration Postponed
22
May 2005
Aga Khan at International
Press Institute (IPI) World Congress, Urges Investment in
African Journalism, press release, speech and Video.
10
May 2005
International Investor's
Roundtable Meeting Attended by Presidents of Zanzibar and
Tanzania and the Aga Khan
20
April 2005
Restoration of Grand
Mosque in Mopti, Mali (information and slideshow)
6 April 2005
Norway
and AKDN strengthen partnership through the signing of a
Memorandum of Understanding
25
March 2005
Aga
Khan and Madame Mubarak Inaugurate cairo's Al-Azhar Park:
The Park as a Catalyst for Social, Economic and Cultural
Renewal, 25 March 2005 See alsoCairo's
Al-Azhar Park Inauguration, Press Release, Speech, Photos
and Video, and updated
information on the Park and the Revitalisation of Darb al-Ahmar
18 March 2005
President
Mkapa and Aga Khan lay Foundation Stone for the expansion
of the Aga Khan Hospital Dar es Salaam
17 March 2005
President
Mkapa and Aga Khan lay Foundation Stone for an International
Academic Centre of Excellence in Dar es Salaam
25 February 2005
A
new airline in Mali: AKFED invests to boost domestic, regional
and intercontinental links
26 January 2005
Press
Release: Aga Khan receives 2005 Vincent Scully Prize
10
January 2005
FOCUS
Mobilises for Tsunami Disaster Relief, 10 January 2005
26
December 2005
Press Release: Statement by the
Department of Public Affairs - Aiglemont, 26 December 2004
7
December 2004
Press
Release: Aga Khan Attends Inauguration of President Karzai
29
November 2004
Renewed
Confidence in Muslim Architecture: Aga Khan Award for Architecture
Concludes with Seminar
27
November 2004
Recipients
of the 2004 Aga Khan Award for Architecture announced by
India's Prime Minister and His Highness the Aga Khan
7
September 2004
Joint Press Release by the Federal
Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
and the Aga Khan Development Network(AKDN)
6 September
2004
Aga Khan Hält Eröffnungsansprache
Bei Botschafterkonferenz (Aga Khan Addresses German Ambassadors),
Press Release and Speech
24
August 2004
40 Central Asian Musicians and
Dancers on Autumn Tour in Europe
23
July 2004
Resurgence of Mostar's Historic
City Centre; New Agency for Conservation and Development
to Build on Completed Projects
6-8
July 2004
University of Central Asia Launched
(Press Release and photos)
6
July 2004
Darwaz Bridge to Strengthen Commercial
Ties and Tajik-Afghan relations (Press
Release and photos)
5
July 2004
Banking Services expanded for Tajikistan's
marginalised populations
(Press Release)
25
June 2004
President
Chissano and Aga Khan Lay Foundation for an International
Academic Centre Of Excellence in Mozambique (Press Release)
and Speech
24
June 2004
Lead
Architect and Landscape Architect Selected for University
of Central Asia Campuses, 24 June 2004
18
June 2004
Aga
Khan Urges a Civil Society Partnership Between Developed
and Developing Countries 18 June 2004 (Press Release),
Speech and Video
7
June 2004
International Academic Centre
of Excellence Planned for Afghanistan
19
May 2004
Aga
Khan Speaks on Preventing the Failure of Democracy, in Ottawa,
19 May 2004
18
May 2004
AKU
Expands Scope of Nursing Care in Syria, 18 May 2004
31
March 2004
Aga
Khan Addresses Berlin Conference on Progress in Afghanistan
(Press Release and Video)
26
March 2004
FOCUS
expands relief effort for vicitims of cyclone Gafilo in
Madagascar
March
2004
Azhar Park in Cairo: Press
Advisory and Progress Report
March
2004
Master Jury for 2004 Aga Khan Award
for Architecture Announced
2
March 2004
FOCUS
and World Bank Agree Natural Hazard and Poverty Reduction
Project for High Mountain Areas
26
February 2004
Habib Bank: AKFED Pledges
Strength, Continuity and Innovation
12 January 2004
Aga Khan Contributes €400,000
to Iranian Earthquake Rehabilitation Effort
20
December 2003
Aga
Khan and Kenya President Kibaki Inaugurate the First of
an International Network of Academic Centres of Excellence
19
December 2003
President
Kibaki and Aga Khan Open State of the Art Apparel Plant
in Kenya
18
December 2003
Grants
for health and education programmes supported by Aga Khan
Development Network in Aswan, Egypt,
6
December 2003
Aga Khan Speaks
on Education and the Future of the Ummah
4
December 2003
Aga
Khan Pledges
Enhanced Support for Chitral
17
November 2003
IPS
to Get US$32 Million in New Equity for East Africa, 17 November
2003
13
October 2003
Aga Khan Concludes Visit
to Mali; Signature
of agreement to expand cooperation
11
October 2003
Aga Khan
Underlines Link Between Heritage and Quality of Life (in
Djenne, Mali)
10 October
2003
Aga
Khan Urges "Rediscovery" of Timbuktu and
Djenne (Version Francaise)
18
September 2003
AKFED
to Set Up Afghanistan's First Microfinance Bank, Kabul,
Afghanistan
30
August 2003
Aga Khan Announces
First Ismaili Centre in Central Asia, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
26
June 2003
GSM
Mobile Phone Operations launched in Afghanistan, 26 June
2003
26
June 2003
Culture as a Catalyst for Development in Syria, 26 June
2003
5
May 2003
Aga Khan Challenges International
Financial Institutions to Support Civil Society in Central
Asia (EBRD Speech in Tashkent, Uzbekistan)
2
May 2003
Yo-Yo Ma and Silk Road Ensemble
Perform in Central Asia in Collaboration with the Aga Khan
Music Initiative
1 May 2003
Aga Khan Plans University Campus
in Kazakhstan Mountains
15
April 2003
Aga
Khan Speaks of Tolerance and Shared Heritage
(at Inauguration of the Restoration of Humayun's Tomb Gardens
in New Delhi)
17
March 2003
Microcredit Programme for
Low-Income Areas in Syria (also available in Arabic)
14
March 2003
Princess
Zahra Aga Khan Encourages Educational Initiatives and Rural
Entrepreneurship in Mozambique
24
February 2003
Aga Khan speaks of “New
Horizons in Africa” on visit to Madagascar, 24 February
2003
21 February 2003
Aga Khan Visits Sites of Proposed
Major Educational Campuses
17
February 2003
Aga Khan and Kibaki Discuss Development
Challenges
17
December 2002
Aga
Khan Underlines Kazakhstan's Vital Role in Central Asia
20 November 2002
Aga
Khan Development Network Initiates US$25 Million Kabul Hotel
Project
5
November 2002
Press Release: Aga Khan and
President Karzai Discuss Afghanistan Rehabilitation Progress
3
November 2002
Aga Khan and Tajik and
Afghan Leaders Open Bridge into Afghanistan
1 November
2002
Aga
Khan at the Bishkek Global Mountain Summit
30
October 2002
Aga
Khan Outlines Development Programme in Southern Kyrgyz Republic
17 October 2002
Aga
Khan Award for Architecture Seminar in Tehran, Iran
8
October 2002
Aga Khan to Establish Major
Academic and Cultural Center and Museum in Canada (8 October
2002)
7 October 2002
Investing
in Afghanistan's Future: AKFED Leads Consortium that Will
Set Up the Country's Second GSM Telecoms Network (7 October
2002)
7 October
2002
AKFED
and IFC in Innovative US$26 million Project to Bring Clean
Hydro-power to Impoverished Eastern Tajikistan (7 October
2002)
27
September 2002
Aga Khan and Presidents of
MIT and Harvard Lay Foundations for an Architecture of Understanding
19
July 2002
Aga Khan
and Zanzibar Government Agree on Seafront Initiative
25 June 2002
Aga
Khan and Colin Powell Open "Silk Road" Festival
in Washington
23
June 2002
Aga Khan Addresses Post 9/11
World
5
June 2002
Begum
Aga Khan Meets Foreign Minister Martins Da Cruz: Discussions
on Afghanistan and development potential in Angola
5 June
2002
Minister of Culture Roseta
and First Lady Maria Jose Ritta Join Begum Aga Khan at Concert
and Exhibition: Expressions of the Pamir
29
May 2002
Aga Khan Visits Kenya
27 May 2002
Aga
Khan Concludes Visit to Uganda
30
April 2002
“Paradise Garden” Restoration
to Revitalise Kabul
2 May 2002
Aga Khan Meets Putin at Kremlin
29 March 2002
Challenges
Beyond the Nahrin Aftershocks in Afghanistan
23 March 2002
Aga
Khan and Karzai Sign Agreement in Kabul
12
March 2002
Aga Khan and Musharraf Discuss
Regional Issues - New microfinance and tourism initiatives
focus on poverty and economic development, Islamabad,
Pakistan
11
March 2002
President
Musharraf and Aga Khan Launch the First MicroFinanceBank
11
March 2002
Aga Khan Joins President
Musharraf for Inauguration of Islamabad Serena Hotel
27
February 2002
Aga
Khan Fund for Economic Development Acquires Hotel Polana
- Aga Khan Development Network widens its commitment to
economic development in Mozambique
16
February 2002
Aga Khan University Helps
Tackle Health Sector Reform in East Africa - First academic
presence abroad established in Uganda
1 February
2002
European Commission Awards
Rs. 110 Crore Grant (Euro 25.5 million) for rural development
in India
30
January 2002
Canada’s Prime Minister
Chretien and Aga Khan Discuss Central Asia, Pluralism
and Development - Reconstruction of Afghanistan will draw
on experience of South Asia and Africa
21
January 2002
Aga Khan Announces US$75 Million
for Afghanistan (at International Conference on Reconstruction
Assistance to Afghanistan in Tokyo, Japan)
14
December 2001
Portugal Gives Aga Khan Foundation
Euro 1 Million to Alleviate Rural Poverty in Mozambique
11
December 2001
Sweden and Aga Khan Trust
for Culture Reach Agreement on Second-Phase Funding for
Rehabilitation of Zanzibar’s Stone Town, Zanzibar
5 December
2001
UK and Aga Khan Development Network Jointly Sponsor New
Scholarships
10
November 2001
Aga Khan and President Assad Agree
on Future Collaboration; Aga Khan Development Network and
Syria
Sign Major Agreement, Damascus,
Syria
9 November
2001
Aga Khan Speaks of Islam and Syria's
Contemporary Challenges, Al Khwabi, Syria
6
November 2001
"Prepare Children for
a Multi-cultural World" Urges World Bank President;
Aga Khan Foundation and World Bank Host Landmark Roundtable
on Early Childhood Development, Brussels, Belgium
6
November 2001
Aga Khan Calls for Freedom in the
Civilisation Debate: Model Proposed for Analysing Challenges
Facing Islam, Aleppo, Syria
6 November
2001
Winners of the Aga Khan Award
for Architecture 2001, Aleppo, Syria
6 November
2001
Yo-Yo
Ma Performs on the Silk Road for Aga Khan Award: First Performance
of Ensemble in one of the oldest cities on the Silk Road
3 November
2001
Aga Khan Meets President Assad
and Cabinet Ministers; New Initiatives in Education and
Health Announced, Damascus, Syria
31 October 2001
FOCUS
Humanitarian Assistance: Portugal Provides Assistance For
Displaced Persons In Afghanistan
5
October 2001
FOCUS Humanitarian Assistance:
Afghanistan Rehabilitation and Relief Accelerates Despite
Heightened Tension
25September 2001
Aga
Khan's Expanding Vision for Central Asia Looks Beyond Current
Tensions in the Regions
29August
2001
AKFED Is Joined by IFC, EBRD and
Governments of Germany and Japan in Launch of Kyrgyz Republic's
Largest Bank
25
August 2001
World Premiere of Yo-Yo Ma
and Silk Road Ensemble Introduces Aga Khan Music Initiative
in Central Asia; Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival hosts
Silk Road Project Concerts debut
17 August 2001
Aga Khan Outlines Expanded
Development Initiatives for Tanzania
7
June 2001
Aga Khan Receives Archon Award
for Promoting Global Health and Welfare
26 September 2000
Aga Khan Speaks on Role of Faiths
and Minorities in Africa
31 August 2000
World's First Mountain University
Founded Along The Silk Route
28 August 2000
Central Asian States and Aga
Khan Sign Treaty to Launch Regional University
31 July 2000
Faith in the Future: An Architecture
of Pluralism
28 March 2000
Aga Khan Development Network
Announces Programmes for Mozambique
3 December 1999
Aga Khan Welcomes The Sorbonne's
New Series On Islam
26 November 1999
Arab Architects Ask If Environments
Will Change Society Or Vice Versa
10 November 1999
Aga Khan Speaks At World Bank
On Human Capital And The Global Information Infrastructure
20 August 1999
New Humanitarian Crisis Looms
In Northeastern Afghanistan
4 May 1999
President Mubarak And Aga Khan
Discuss Cairo Projects
27 April 1999
Aga Khan Signs Co-Operation Agreement
With France
9 October 1998
Aga Khan Emphasizes Need To Sustain
Cultural Pluralism
28 September 1998
Aga Khan Outlines Path To Peace
In Afghanistan
25 August 1998
Princess Zahra On Volunteerism
In The New Millenium
11 August 1998
Aga Khan Meets Mandela And Chissano
In Mozambique
11 July 1998
Aga Khan And President Sampaio
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