Gordon Campbell, Canada’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Mahmoud Eboo of the Aga Khan Foundation and Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird

Photo taken during the occasion of John Diefenbaker Defender of Human Rights and Freedom Award, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird presented the award to the Right Honourable William Hague (not in this picture) for his work on the prevention of sexual violence in conflict.

Aitmadi Dr. Mahmoud Eboo, Chairman of the Ismaili Leaders’ International Forum (LIF) and past president of Ismaili Council for the USA, was recently appointed as the AKDN Resident Representative of the Ismaili Imamat to Canada.

DFATD | MAECD Posted on December 1, 2014 – London, United Kingdom

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• Fourth Annual John Diefenbaker Defender of Human Rights and Freedom Awards Ceremony | La quatrième cérémonie annuelle de remise du prix John Diefenbaker pour la défense des droits de la personne et de la liberté
• Baird Visits the United Kingdom | Le ministre Baird se rend au Royaume-Uni

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