Speeches

Mawlana Hazar Imam addresses the North-South Prize Ceremony in the Senate Hall of the Portuguese Parliament as His Excellency Aníbal Cavaco Silva, the President of Portugal and President of the Assembly of the Republic, Maria Assunção Esteves look on.
Remarks by His Highness the Aga Khan at the North-South Prize Ceremony, Portugal
11 June 2014

At the very time that we talk more and more about global convergence, we also seem to experience more and more social divergence.  The lesson it seems to me is that technologies alone will not save us-- the critical variable will always be and will always lie in the disposition of human hearts and minds.

His Highness Aga Khan's keynote remarks at the Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) Summit in Toronto
29 May 2014
The 88th Stephen Ogden Lecture delivered by His Highness the Aga Khan at Brown University
9 March 2014

“More information at our fingertips can mean more knowledge and understanding. But it can also mean more fleeting attention-spans, more impulsive judgments, and more dependence on superficial snapshots of events. Communicating more often and more easily can bring people closer together, but it can also tempt us to live more of our lives inside smaller information bubbles, in more intense but often more isolated groupings.”

Mawlana Hazar Imam delivers a historic address to a joint session of the Parliament of Canada on 27 February 2014, at the invitation of Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
Address of His Highness the Aga Khan to both Houses of the Parliament of Canada in the House of Commons Chamber, Ottawa
27 February 2014
Mawlana Hazar Imam, Chancellor of the Aga Khan University, speaking at the 2013 Convocation ceremony of the University.
Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the AKU Convocation in Karachi, 2013
19 December 2013
Mawlana Hazar Imam, recipient of the 2013 Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Gold Medal, addresses the audience gathered at the Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat in Ottawa, upon receiving the honour.
Remarks by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Presentation of the Gold Medal by the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada
27 November 2013
Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the inauguration ceremony for the restoration of Humayun's Tomb
22 September 2013

Mawlana Hazar Imam delivered a speech on the occasion of the inauguration ceremony for the restoration of Humayun's Tomb in Delhi.

Mawlana Hazar Imam speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the Aga Khan Academy, Hyderabad.
Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the inauguration ceremony of the Aga Khan Academy, Hyderabad
19 September 2013

“Our purpose, as you know, is to educate the most talented young minds from many countries, for a global future.”

Mawlana Hazar Imam addresses the audience during the award ceremony of the 12th cycle of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, presented in Lisbon, Portugal.
Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the 2013 Award Ceremony
6 September 2013
Mawlana Hazar Imam introducing Kofi Annan, the speaker for the annual Pluralism Lecture.
Remarks by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Global Centre for Pluralism
24 May 2013
Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the signature of agreement with the government of Alberta
23 October 2012
Mawlana Hazar Imam addresses the gathering at the inauguration of the Bujagali power plant.
Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the inauguration ceremony of the Bujagali hydropower project
8 October 2012
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