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Sunday, 18 September. Some 10 km outside of Ndola, Zambia, a group of people has gathered at the site where 55 years ago, Dag Hammarskjöld – the second secretary-general of the United Nations (UN) – ...
The Wall of Remembrance in Bucha memorializing victims of Russia’s massacre in the area in March 2022. The Church of St. Andrew the First-Called, above, remained unscathed during the bloodbath, but a ...
One of the most enduring mysteries in UN history – the 1961 plane crash that killed Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld and all on board as he sought to broker peace in the Congo – will linger on.
One of the most enduring mysteries in UN history – the 1961 plane crash that killed Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld and all on board as he sought to broker peace in the Congo – will linger on.
More Clues, and Questions, in 1961 Crash That Killed Dag Hammarskjold A documentary film claims to have new information, which a United Nations investigator is evaluating. But after nearly six ...
NEW YORK — About 200 protesters from around the United States and Canada filled Dag Hammarskjold Plaza at the United Nations in New York, for a rally titled “Open the Road Lachin Corridor for Artsakh, ...
On 23 February 2023 the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation and Uppsala University will jointly host the 2022 Annual Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture. Together we recognise individuals who exhibit the values and ...
A new film starring Mikael Persbrandt will profile Dag Hammarskjöld, the former Secretary-General of the U.N. who died in a plane crash in 1961.
Ambassador Geraldine Byrne Nason talks to Patricia Harty about her pride in her hometown, her career; the hard reality of work on the U.N. Security Council; and her new role as Ireland’s Ambassador to ...
Demonstrators hold signs claiming the Soviet Union was responsible for the crash that killed Hammarskjold in front of the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 21, 1961. Gamma-Keystone/via Getty ...