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Bookmark or Share- Dag Hammarskjöld: a defiant pioneer of global diplomacy who died in a ...In September 1961, Hammarskjöld was on a peace mission in the newly independent Congo. But while flying from Leopoldville, former capital of the Belgian Congo, to Ndola in Northern Rhodesia ...
- UN chief: Dag Hammarskjöld ‘set the highest standard for public service’Mr. Hammarskjöld was appointed Secretary-General in 1953, at just 47, still the youngest person to ever hold the UN’s top job. On 18 September 1961, during his second term, he died on a plane crash while en route to negotiate a ceasefire in the Congo. This year’s special commemoration recognized Mr. Hammarskjöld’s achievements, paid ...
- Dag Hammarskjöld - WikipediaSignature. Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld ( / ˈhæmərʃʊld / HAM-ər-shuuld, [1] Swedish: [ˈdɑːɡ ˈhâmːarˌɧœld] ⓘ; 29 July 1905 – 18 September 1961) was a Swedish economist and diplomat who served as the second Secretary-General of the United Nations from April 1953 until his death in a plane crash in September 1961.
- Dag Hammarskjold | Biography, UN, Death, & Facts | BritannicaDag Hammarskjold, Swedish economist and statesman who served as the second secretary-general of the United Nations (1953–61) and enhanced the prestige and effectiveness of the UN. He was posthumously awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1961. Learn more about his life and career in this article.
- UN Leader Dag Hammarskjold Died in Mysterious Circumstances ... - HISTORYOfficials search the crash site after the plane carrying Swedish diplomat Dag Hammarskjold came down near Ndola in Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia), resulting in his death, in September 1961 ...
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