Ambassador Eliasson’s lecture departs from The UN General Assembly statement in 2005 that Peace, Development and Human Rights are the three pillars on which to base international action. He points to their intrinsic relations. Eliasson also brings out how Hammarskjöld’s appreciation of nature and culture formed an organic link to diplomacy and international action.
The lecture takes place exactly on the day 50 years after Hammarskjöld’s death in a plane crash in Ndola, present-day Zambia, on a mission to restore peace to Congo.
This lecture exists also in a written published format.
Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture 2011 from Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation on Vimeo.
Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture 2011, Questions and Answers from Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation on Vimeo.
The Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture
is given in memory of Dag Hammarskjöld, the second Secretary-General of the United Nations, and in recognition of the values that inspired him as Secretary-General and generally in his life – compassion, humanism and commitment to international solidarity and cooperation.
The invited speaker should be an outstanding international personality who in significant and innovative ways contributes to a more just, peaceful and environmentally sustainable world through valuable achievements in politics or research.
The Annual Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture is co-organised by Uppsala University and the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation. The lecture is free and includes a performance by Allmänna sången. The lecture will be filmed and available here on this webpage.
See all Dag Hammarskjöld Lectures over the years