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(L-R) French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, US First Lady Laura Bush, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and General Secretary of United Nations Ban Ki-moon, Prince Karim Aga Khan IV, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier pose for the International Conference in support of Afghanistan, in Paris, France, 12 June 2008. The participants of the international donors conference try to raise billions of dollars in aid for Afghanistan. Sarkozy inaugurated the one-day conference attended by delegates from more than 65 countries and 15 international organizations. EPA/LUCAS DOLEGA
Nicolas Sarkozy, Hamid Karzai, Ban Ki-moon, Bernard Kouchner, Condoleeza Rice, Laura Bush, Aga Khan
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, third from right, applauds towards to, from left, French Foreign minister Bernard Kouchner, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, U.S. first lady Laura Bush, and Afghan President Hamid Karzai, as U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, and Ismaili Muslim leader, the Aga Khan, at right, look on at the opening of the Afghanistan donors conference, in Paris, (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
(L-R first row) French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, US First Lady Laura Bush, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and General Secretary of United Nations Ban Ki-moon, Prince Karim Aga Khan IV, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier pose for the International Conference in support of Afghanistan, in Paris. EPA/LUCAS DOLEGA
Translated audio speech by His Highness the Aga Khan
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