ideology, surpassing all others, must be Human Rights." Pazhwak in "Pacts to Safeguard Human Rights", Kabul Times, (10.12.1966), p. 2. Later, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan explicitly quoted these words. [4] "Fact-Finder in – Abdul Rahman Pazhwak", New York Times (28.10.1963), p. 12. [5] *Author, Khatirat-i Siyasi-i Sayyid Qasim Rishtiya (Virginia: *, 1997), p. 328. [6] He told his grandson, Farhad Pazhwak, "My boy, even though I have resigned from my post, I have not retreated from being an Afghan." See ‘Abd al-Rahmān Pajhwāk Khātirāt– Ya‘nī Sarguzasht-i Yak Afghān-i Muhājir (unpublished memoir). [7] "Qoshun-i Sorkh” in Maihan-i Man (Peshawar: *publisher*, 1989), p. 31. [8] Nahid-Nama (: *publisher*, 1374/*), p. 118. [9] Muzakerat-i Jenev (: *publisher*, 1366/*), p. 41. [10] Farhadi in Golha-ye andisha, (: *publisher*, 1344/*), p. 2. [11] Excerpt from "Yak khandah wa khamushi" in Golha-ye andisha, p. 63. [12] See Friedrich Rosen, "Die Sinnsprüche Omars des Zeltmachers, 5. Edition (*Place**publisher*, 1922), p.61 (Annotation, p. 59). [13] Puya Faryabi, "Rend-i Surkhrud – bah munasebat-i dargozasht-i Pazhwak" in Nau Bahar, 12/13, 1375 h sh, S.19. [14] * Source? [15] * source reference [16] See Asadullah Shu‘ in Nahid-nama, p. 15. [17] The slim volume was later translated into French and published in as Abdurrahman Pazwak, Contes d’Afghanistan, trans. & ed. Jaqueline Verdeaux & Omar Sherdil (Paris : *publisher*, 1981). [18] Sayed Haschmatullah Hossaini, Die Erzählprosa der Dari-Literatur in 1900 – 1978 (: *publisher*, 2010), p. 77. [19] C. Malekyar, Excerpt from Correspondence with a Friend (working title). [20] *source reference [21] * source reference [22] * source reference ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- External links UN biography Presidents of the United Nations General Assembly 20th-century Afghan poets 1919 births 1995 deaths Pashtun people Afghan expatriates in Pakistan Ambassadors of Afghanistan to India Permanent Representatives of Afghanistan to the United Nations Ambassadors of Afghanistan to the United Kingdom Ambassadors of Afghanistan to West Germany Afghan expatriates in the United States