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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Blog Hope and despair at the HLPF 2019
Reflections on the High-level Political Forum (HLPF) 2019, which this year reviewed some of the most challenging and transformative goals on inequalities, climate, peace and justice.
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Yeghia TashjianPosition available
The Foundation is hiring a Programme Manager for work related to multilateralism and international norms as well as the repositioning of the UN system. For more information please see below.
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Roundtable discussions in New York
Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace
Despite the spirit of the parallel resolutions 70/262 and 2282 and their endorsement of the term 'Sustaining Peace', there is still a gap in understanding what this means in practice and the implications of the changes called for at the regional and country levels. The Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation, and the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP) are convening a series of roundtable discussions in New York on the topic of Sustaining Peace.
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Our blog: Markings of Change
Matilda Hald
‘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.’