The 2015 Kofi Annan – Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture
Dr Mohammed Ibn Chambas delivered the lecture on the theme “The Continuing Challenges of Peace and Security in Africa: A West African Perspective”.
Launch of report: Financing the UN Development System
“Financing the UN Development System: Getting it Right for a Post-2015 World”, jointly prepared by the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation and the UN Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office, underlines that the new development agenda will require not only additional resources but also the use of a wider range of financing instruments and mechanisms to meet the challenges of an ambitious set of universal sustainable development goals (SDGs).
Civil Society input to peacebuilding and UN Peace Operations
During March 11-13 the DHF co-hosted a series of events in New York that facilitated civil society representatives from Africa, Asia and Latin America to provide input to the UN Peace Operations Review and the UN Peacebuilding Architecture Review. These events were organised by members of the NGO Peacebuilding Group in New York together with the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI).
Can legal mechanisms curb antimicrobial resistance?
Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation hosted a two-day writers’ workshop to facilitate action towards an international legal mechanism on antimicrobial resistance. The meeting also served as a peer-review process for authors contributing to a journal series that will be published shortly.
Henrik Hammargren appointed new Executive Director of the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation
The Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Henrik Hammargren as its new Executive Director. Hammargren comes to the Foundation with extensive experience from international development cooperation, having worked as a director at the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and as an advisor at the Organisation for Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD). Hammargren replaces Annika Söder who was appointed State Secretary for Political Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Sweden in October.
Civil society consultations on UN Peace Reviews
Both the UN’s peace operations and the UN’s peacebuilding architecture are undergoing extensive reviews in 2015, which are expected to shape how the UN in the future will operate in these areas.
Regions Refocus 2015 Launches at Ford Foundation in New York
On Monday, 26 January, Regions Refocus 2015 – a new initiative housed at the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation – was officially launched at an all-day event at the Ford Foundation Headquarters in New York City.
Regions Refocus
Regions Refocus is an initiative that fosters progressive, feminist solidarities for justice through policy dialogue within and across regions.
Season’s Greeting and Happy New Year
Many thanks to all our partners, friends and supporters for making 2014 such a good and productive year!
New project: the Integrity of the International Civil Servant
Dag Hammarskjöld shaped many of the fundamental principles and practices of international organisations, among those the ethics of the international civil servant, with impartiality and neutrality at its heart.