Press Release HR/1047 Page 2
Since leaving UHCR, he has been special consultant and Chargé de Mission to the United Nations Secretary-General. In this capacity, he has undertaken missions, inter alia, to the Middle East in 1978 to negotiate a cease-fire and humanitarian aid to the victims of conflict in Lebanon and to several capitals in 1979 in connexion with the United Nations Conference on Transfer of Science and Technology which took place in Vienna in August last year. In private capacity, Sadruddin Aga Khan has also been involved in development and distribution of technology designed to improve various forms of renewable energies in developing
These and other humani- countries and particularly in the poorest rural areas. tarian activities are pursued by him through the Bellerive Foundation which he established in 1978.
Sadruddin Aga Khan, who lives in Geneva, is recipient of several high awards and distinctions from various countries. He has also received the United Nations Human Rights Award from the General Assembly as well as the Dag Hammerskjold Honorary Award.
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