Speech Excerpts: His Highness the Aga Khan at the North-South Prize Ceremony, Senate Hall, Parliament, Lisbon

His Highness the Aga Khan to address the North-South Prize ceremony next. #agakhan

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#Agakhan: “deeply honoured … by this remarkable award”

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#Agakhan: “the Council of Europe … contribute so much to advancing democratic citizenship in our world.”

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#AgaKhan: “AKDN… proud to join … Centre in distinguished projects such as the annual Lisbon Forum held at the Ismaili Centre”

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#Agakhan: “The Ismaili Imamat and the AKDN have had a long, close relationship with Portugal, built on shared values.”

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#Agakhan: “Our Network seeks in many ways to improve the quality of human life, in health, education, in cultural and economic development.”

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#Agakhan: “our core conviction is that human progress depends on human cooperation, even across difficult lines of division.”

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#Agakhan: “As I observe the world, I am struck by the insufficiency of well-informed debate, … in our quest to avoid human conflict.”

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#Agakhan: "pluralism is not only a growing fact of life but also a blessing for their communities"

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#agakhan: "The pervasive rejection of pluralism in all its forms plays a significant role in breeding destructive conflicts."

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#Agakhan: "Instability is infectious, but so is hope."

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#Agakhan: "It is ironic that a sense of intensified conflict comes at a time of unprecedented breakthroughs in communication technology."

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#agakhan: "technologies alone will not save us– the critical variable will always lie in the disposition of human hearts and minds."

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