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THE AGA KHAN COMMENTS ON TRENDS IN BREEDING INDUSTRYA sell-out Thoroughbred Breeders' Association Awards' Dinner heard the Aga Khan, the Guest Of Honor, expound on his breeding philosophy and then present the 13 awards for excellence in British Thoroughbred Breeding. The Aga Khan had a very successful 2000, headlined by Sinndar winning the Vodafone Derby, the Budweiser Irish Derby and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, and Kalanisi capturing the Dubai Champion Stakes and the Breeders' Cup Turf. Sir Michael Oswald, the TBA President, presented the Aga Khan with a silver salver to mark the achievements of 2000. The Awards' Dinner took place Tuesday January 9, 2001 night at the Churchill Hotel, Portman Square, London W1, with 250
MOWLANA HAZAR IMAM AT THE PHILANTROPY CONFERENCE
Addressing the concluding session of the two-day conference on Indigenous Philanthropy, Prince Karim Aga Khan said that philanthropic funding of social development is a new phenomenon extending increasingly to institutions engaged in human resources development. The conference was attended by about 300 participants representing reputed NGOs, experts from home and abroad, besides a number of donor agencies and foreign diplomats of whom the Canadian High Commissioner in Pakistan was seen as a guardian spirit. Video of Mowlana Hazar Imam's speech at the Philantropy conference October 17, 2000: Click here. News-clippings of the complete visit:</BR
PRESIDENT CLINTON HOSTS AGA KHAN ON FOREIGN POLICY PANEL
Washington, D.C., 28th November, 2000- President Clinton, Mrs. Clinton, and U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright convened the first White House Conference on Culture and Diplomacy. Introducing the panel's comments to nearly 200 prominent U.S. and foreign diplomats, artists, cultural figures, and corporate and foundation heads, the Aga Khan highlighted three key challenges for cultural diplomacy... Aiglemont Press release... More from White House Press Release..., More from transcript including The Aga Khan's speech</BR
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