Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan [SEP] date of death
Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan
Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, KBE, KCSS (, , 1933 – 2003) served as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from 1966 to 1977, during which he reoriented the agency's focus beyond Europe and prepared it for an explosion of complex refugee issues. He was also a proponent of greater collaboration between non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and UN agencies. The Prince's interest in ecological issues led him to establish the "Bellerive Foundation" in the late 1970s, and he was a knowledgeable
(founded in 1967 by Prince Sadruddin's nephew Karim Aga Khan IV) to form the "Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan Fund for the Environment". The US$10 million fund is dedicated to finding practical solutions to environmental problems. The fund concentrates its activities in six areas that were important to Prince Sadruddin: environmental education; natural resource management in fragile zones; nature parks and wildlife reserves; environmentally and culturally appropriate tourism infrastructure; environmental health; and research.
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