Photos & images – Dag Hammarskjöld 1956-1958

Dag Hammarskjöld with Jordan’s King Hussein, 1956. (Photo: UN/DPI)

Dag Hammarskjöld visits a refugee camp outside Beirut, 1956. (Photo: UN/DPI)

Dag Hammarskjöld talking about the proposed Atomic Energy Agency on Canadian television, 1956. (Photo: UN/DPI)

E.L.M. Burns, Dag Hammarskjöld, and Henry Vigier outside the Israeli Prime Minister’s office, 1956. (Photo: UN/DPI)

A satisfied Dag Hammarskjöld after his visit to the Middle East, 1956. (Photo: UN/DPI)

Under-Secretary Ilya Tchernychev and Dag Hammarskjöld on Red Square in Moscow, 1956. (Photo: UN/DPI)

Dag Hammarskjöld with Egypt’s President Gamal Abdel Nasser, 1956. (Photo: UN/DPI)

Press conference with Dag Hammarskjöld in Geneva, 1956. (Photo: UN/DPI)

Egypt’s UN representative shaking hands with Dag Hammarskjöld, 1957. (Photo: UN/DPI)

General Wheeler boards an oil tanker in the Suez Canal, 1957. (Photo: UN/DPI)

Under-Secretary Ralph Bunche visits Gaza, 1957. (Photo: UN/DPI)

Dag Hammarskjöld, Ralph Bunche, and E.L.M. Burns on a boat in the Suez Canal, 1957. (Photo: UN/DPI)

Dag Hammarskjöld inspects a UNEF-truck in Egypt, 1957. (Photo: UN/DPI)

Dag Hammarskjöld inspects the UNEF force in Egypt, 1957. (Photo: UN/DPI)

Dag Hammarskjöld spends Christmas Day together with the UNEF Force, 1957. (Photo: UN/DPI)

New York Mayor Robert F. Wagner together with Dag Hammarskjöld, 1958. (Photo: UN/DPI)

Dag Hammarskjöld, UN observer Plaza and India’s ambassador Dayla in Beirut, 1958. (Photo: UN/DPI)

Dag Hammarskjöld with the UNEF troops in Gaza, 1958. (Photo: UN/DPI)

Dag Hammarskjöld faces UNEF personnel in Gaza, 1958. (Photo: UN/DPI)

Dag Hammarskjöld spends Christmas Eve with the Swedish UNEF troops in Gaza, 1958. (Photo: UN/DPI)

Dag Hammarskjöld photographing during the visit to Sharm El Sheik, 1958. (Photo: UN/DPI)

Dag Hammarskjöld on a plane with UNEF commander General Burns, 1958. (Photo: UN/DPI)

Dag Hammarskjöld welcomes Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I to the first ECA meeting in Addia Ababa, 1958. (Photo: UN/DPI)

Dag Hammarskjöld in a meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister Golda Meir, 1958. (Photo: UN/DPI)