Topic: Dag Hammarskjold

The death of UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold

Helium - 464 days ago
Dag Hammarskjold?s death has been subject to much speculation ever since his plane went down in the African jungle during the night of September 17 -18, 1961. On the night of 17 September, Hammarskjold and fifteen others, en route to negotiate ...

Keep Saying Yes

Beliefnet - 469 days ago
I have decided to dedicate a post on Thursday to therapy, and offer you the many tips I have learned on the couch. " . I believe that a person's first yes--the initial commitment to stop drinking, to pursue help for depression, to ...

United Nations Photograph Dag Hammarskjold

Encyclopedia Britannica - 1297 days ago
Sept. 18, 1961, near Ndola, Northern Rhodesia [now Zambia]), Swedish economist and statesman who served as second secretary-general of the United Nations (1953-61) and enhanced the prestige and effectiveness of the UN. The son of Hjalmar Hammarskjold, prime minister of Sweden (1914-17 ...