Commemorations for the 57th anniversary of Dag Hammarskjöld’s death
“In the footsteps of Dag Hammarskjöld” On Tuesday, 18 September, 57 years passed since Dag Hammarskjöld and the 15 persons accompanying him tragically died in a plane crash in Ndola, Zambia. To commemorate this and the legacy of Dag Hammarskjöld and his colleagues, the Foundation hosted and attended a number of commemorative events in Uppsala, New York […]
Executive Summary: Financing the UN Development System 2018
This is the Executive Summary of the report ‘Financing the UN Development System 2018: Opening Doors’.
Financing the UN Development System: Opening Doors (2018)
This is the fourth annual report of Financing the United Nations Development System, a report that attempts to provide fresh insights into the funding of the UN development system and into the positioning of that funding within the larger financing dynamics of the 2030 Agenda.
Remembering Kofi Annan
The world has been inspired by Kofi Annan’s life, leadership and legacy.
Dag Hammarskjöld Commemoration: 2018
“In the footsteps of Dag Hammarskjöld” On Tuesday, 18 September, 57 years passed since Dag Hammarskjöld and the 15 persons accompanying him tragically died in a plane crash in Ndola, Zambia. To commemorate this and the legacy of Dag Hammarskjöld and his colleagues, the Foundation hosted and attended a number of commemorative events in Uppsala, New York […]
All talk and no action or no action without talk?
Peacekeeping will struggle to be successful if it is not viewed as legitimate by host country populations, donors, troop contributing countries and other beneficiaries. But it will equally struggle to be successful if it is not viewed as legitimate by DPKO staff themselves.
Construct peace: Training on dialogue and mediation
‘Ours is the work of reconciliation and realistic construction.’ Dag Hammarskjöld said in accepting his election as Secretary-General of the United Nations in 1953. Today the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation works with many who seek to live out this legacy in small and large ways: working on reconciliation, realistically constructing peace and supporting development around the […]
The 2018 Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture by António Guterres
António Guterres delivered the 2018 Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture on the theme ‘Twenty-first century challenges and the enduring wisdom of Dag Hammarskjöld’.
Global Goal progress: Peer learning on tracking
To achieve action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace, availability and communication of data is necessary.
Bolstering civil society in Darwin’s paradise
In this blog Ecuadorian mediator Alicia Arias Salgado explains the crucial role of civil society in managing conflict within the country’s complex political context.