Gems of Wisdom

• “Each generation must leave for its successors a wholesome and sustainable social and physical environment” - Washington, D.C., USA, 26 January 2005

  The Muslim world has rich and diverse architectural traditions stretching back centuries. However, in the modern age, these traditions were being lost and were in need of being revitalised. His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan IV was awarded the National Building Museum’s Vincent Scully Prize in 2005 and participated in a seminar where he made this speech on 26 January 2005 in Washington, DC. Click here to read the speech.

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• “Progress of democracy in our world is fundamentally linked to improving the quality of human life” - Athens, Greece, 15 September 2015

  For several decades, Western countries have promoted democratic governance in many parts of the world, including Muslim societies. However, many democracies have struggled in recent years. His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan IV outlined his views on how to strengthen democracy in this speech at the International New York Times Athens Democracy Forum, held on 15 September 2015 in Athens, Greece. Click here to read the speech.

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• “Improving maternal, neonatal and child health should be one of the highest priorities” - Toronto, Canada, 29 May 2014

  Despite significant progress in maternal, newborn, and child health globally, many preventable maternal deaths still occur in developing countries, where many women are not attended to by a trained midwife, nurse or doctor during childbirth. His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan IV addressed this topic and AKDN’s related initiatives in this speech at the Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Summit held in Toronto, Canada on 29 May 2014. Click here to read the speech.

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• “A gift from the past that will keep on giving” - New Delhi, India, 21 February 2018

  The Aga Khan Trust for Culture has invested in cultural heritage projects in various countries, including revitalising Islamic monuments and gardens. This includes a series of interconnected heritage projects in New Delhi, India, which His Highness the Aga Khan discussed in this speech at the inauguration of the Sunder Nursery, held on 21 February 2018. Click here to read the speech.

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• “Diversification without disintegration, this is the greatest challenge of our time” - Providence, USA, 10 March 2014

  In our previous episode, we heard the His Highness the Aga Khan’s commencement speech at Brown University in 1996. Eighteen years later, he was invited to Brown University again to deliver the 88th Stephen Ogden Lecture on 10 March 2014. The Aga Khan reflected on the changes in the world over this period, often linked to individuals learning to live amongst increasing diversity. Click here to read the speech.

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