Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation
The Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation is a non-governmental organisation established in 1962 in memory of the second UN Secretary-General, which aims to advance dialogue and policy for sustainable development and peace.
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News Remembering Sven Hamrell
Sven Hamrell, former Executive Director of the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation, passed away 2 July at the age of 92.
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Marc JacquandVacancies
Programme Managers
The Foundations is recruiting two Programme Managers, one for the Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace programme, and one in the areas of Multilateralism/Repositioning of the UN System/Agenda2030.
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Flagship publication
The Art of Leadership in the United Nations: Framing What’s Blue
This publication strives to stimulate a conversation on how UN leadership could be enhanced to ensure its relevance and strengthen its impact at a time when both the UN and multilateralism are being tested.
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Kanni Wignaraja'Financing the UN Development System' report series
Publication Financing the UN Development System: Time for Hard Choices
This is the fifth annual report on financing the UN development system produced by the Foundation and the UN Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office.
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‘Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.’
I never discuss discussions.
‘Only he deserves power that everyday justifies it.’
“We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny, but what we put into it is ours.”
‘It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.’