To Speak for the World: Speeches and Statements by Dag

2005

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He was the greatest statesman of our century." John F. Kennedy: After Hammarskjöld's death, U.S. president John F. Kennedy regretted that he had opposed the UN policy in the Congo and said: "I realise now that in comparison to him, I am a small man. He was the greatest statesman of our century." After his mysterious death, Dag Hammarskjöld was described by John F. Kennedy as the "greatest statesman of our century." Second secretary-general of the United Nations (1953 - 61), he is the only person to have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize posthumously. Through extensive research in little Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld was Secretary-General of the United Nations from 10 April 1953 until 18 September 1961 when he was killed in a plane accident while on a peace mission in the Congo. Born on 29 July 1905 in Jonkoping, Sweden, Mr. Hammarskjöld was educated at Uppsala University and University of Stockholm, where he obtained a In fact, when one studies the seething cauldron that was the Congo crisis, there are quite a few villains involved. There are only three heroes I can name: Patrice Lumumba, Dag Hammarskjold and John F. Kennedy.

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Their deaths allowed the democratic experiment in Congo to fail spectacularly. Dag Hammarskjöld who was described by John F Kennedy as "the greatest statesman of the 20th century" was a master of sentences as well as situations, and composed an even better epitaph for himself: "We are not permitted," Hammarskjöld wrote prophetically, "to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours. An accessible guide to the principles and vision of Dag Hammarskjöld, a man John F. Kennedy called "the greatest statesman of our century." Dag Hammarskjöld served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1953 until his tragic Dag Hammarskjöld served as secretary-general of the United Nations from 1953 until his tragic death in a suspicious plane crash in 1961.

U.S. President John F. Kennedy called Dag Hammarskjöld the "greatest statesman of our century." Hammarskjöld was the first person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize posthumously. Hammarskjöld strongly supported the decolonization of Africa. Some claim that Hammarskjöld's plane was shot down and that he was assassinated.

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He studied at Uppsala University where he took a degree in the humanities. A talented linguist he spoke several languages including English, French and German. Dag Hammarskjöld was born in Jönköping in the South of Sweden in 1905, but grew up in Uppsala, where his father, Hjalmar Hammarskjöld, was governor for many years.

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26 feb. 2021 — mest anmärkningsvärda framgången för FN. USA: s president John F. Kennedy kallade Hammarskjöld "den största statsmannen i vårt sekel."  En överraskad Dag Hammarskjöld har accepterat uppdraget att styra FN-skutan.

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He is the only person to have been posthumously awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, and was described by President John F. Kennedy as “the greatest statesman of our century.” Mr. Hammarskjold was in his eighth year in the job when he was killed at 56 while flying to Ndola on the night of Sept.
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Hammarskjöld strongly supported the decolonization of Africa.

• Vem var Nelson Mandela? • Vad är Utrikespolitiska Institutet för något​  17 maj 2020 — Hammarskjöld var FNs generalsekreterare från 1953 till sin död 1961, då flygplanet bland annat av den tidigare amerikanske presidenten John F Kennedy. och berättar om filmen han producerat om Dag Hammarskjöld.
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