Dag Hammarskjöld Commemoration: 2016
This September, 55 years will have passed since Hammarskjöld and the persons accompanying him tragically died in the plane crash in Ndola.
Dag Hammarskjöld: Remembered by UN Ambassadors of today
In this video slideshow UN Permanent Representatives speak about what Dag Hammarskjöld’s life and legacy means to them.
Ban Ki-moon delivers Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon delivered the 2016 Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture, becoming the 18th honouree of the lecture series.
Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture 2016: Ban Ki-moon
The Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation is proud to present this year’s lecturer H.E. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations.
What a Photo Reveals
Dag Hammarskjöld and Dialogue: What can this one photo tell us about the former Secretary-General? Find out in this blog entry from Henning Melber.
The 2015 Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture by José Ramos-Horta
José Ramos-Horta delivered the lecture on the theme ‘Preventing conflicts, Building Durable Peace’.
General Assembly Resolution on Hammarskjöld’s death
The resolution “Investigation into the conditions and circumstances resulting in the tragic death of Dag Hammarskjöld and of the members of the party accompanying him” was passed in the General Assembly on 19 November.
Meeting on Dag Hammarskjöld in Italy
The recently founded Italian association, Dag Today, organised a seminar on Hammarskjöld’s ideals, ethics and political and diplomatic action. Dr Henning Melber, Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation’s Senior Advisor and Director Emeritus, gave a speech on Dag Hammarskjöld’s ethics as an international civil servant.
Visit to Uppsala by the President of Tunisia
The president of the Republic of Tunisia, H.E. Mr Béji Caïd Essebsi visited Uppsala on 6 November as part of the official state visit.
Music and Markings fills the United Nations
In the evening of 27 October, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, the stream of regular UN meetings gave way to a very different event in the great ECOSOC chamber.