The United Nations Secretariat is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN),The secretariat is the UN's executive arm. The secretariat has an important role in setting the agenda for the deliberative and decision-making bodies of the UN,and the implementation of the decision of these bodies. The secretary-general,who is appointed by the General Assembly,is the head of the secretariat.
The secretary-general of the United Nations is the chief administrative officer of the United Nations and head of the United Nations Secretariat,one of the six principal organs of the United Nations.
Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld was a Swedish economist and diplomat who served as the second Secretary-General of the United Nations from April 1953 until his death in a plane crash in September 1961. As of 2023,he remains the youngest person to have held the post,having been only 47 years old when he was appointed.
An under-secretary-general of the United Nations (USG) is a senior official within the United Nations System,normally appointed by the General Assembly on the recommendation of the secretary-general for a renewable term of four years. Under-secretary-general is the third highest rank in the United Nations,after the secretary-general and the deputy secretary-general. The rank is held by the heads of different UN entities,certain high officials of the United Nations Secretariat,and high-level envoys. The United Nations regards the rank as equal to that of a cabinet minister of a member state,and under-secretaries-general have diplomatic immunity under the UN Charter.
The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) was established in 1980 by the United Nations General Assembly to inform States and the global community on questions of international security,and to assist with disarmament efforts so as to facilitate progress toward greater security and economic and social development for all.
The Dag Hammarskjöld Library is a library on the grounds of the headquarters of the United Nations,located in the Turtle Bay/East Midtown neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. It is connected to the Secretariat and Conference buildings through ground level and underground corridors. It is named after Dag Hammarskjöld,the second Secretary-General of the United Nations. The library was founded in 1946,and the current library building was completed in 1961.
Joy Uche Angela Ogwu is a former foreign minister of Nigeria and a former permanent representative of Nigeria to the United Nations in New York from 2008–2017. She is the first woman to hold the post of Permanent Representative to the United Nations from Nigeria. Prior to her ministerial career,Ogwu,who is from Delta State,served as Director–General of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA).
The Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation,is an autonomous,non-governmental,non-profit foundation established in 1962 in memory of Dag Hammarskjöld,the second Secretary-General of the United Nations.
The United Nations Art Collection is a collective group of artworks and historic objects donated as gifts to the United Nations by its member states,associations,or individuals. These artistic treasures and possessions,mostly in the form of “sculptures,paintings,tapestries and mosaics”,are representative “arts of nations”that are contained and exhibited within the confines of the United Nations Headquarters in New York City,United States,and other duty stations,making the UN and its international territories a "fine small museum".
Staffan de Mistura is an Italian-Swedish diplomat,United Nations official and former member of the Italian government.
The UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) is an Office of the United Nations Secretariat established in January 1998 as the Department for Disarmament Affairs,part of United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan's plan to reform the UN as presented in his report to the General Assembly in July 1997.
Thomas Stelzer is an Austrian diplomat,who currently serves as the Dean and Executive Secretary of the International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA).
The Dag Hammarskjöld Medal is a posthumous award given by the United Nations (UN) to military personnel,police,or civilians who lose their lives while serving in a United Nations peacekeeping operation. The medal is named after Dag Hammarskjöld,the second Secretary-General of the United Nations,who died in a plane crash in what is now Zambia in September 1961.
The Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations is the diplomatic mission of the French Republic to the United Nations in New York. As such,it reports to the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs.
Rosemary Anne DiCarlo is an American diplomat who has served as United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs since May 2018. She previously served as acting United States Ambassador to the United Nations following the resignation of Susan Rice to become the National Security Advisor.
Malaysia became the 82nd member of the United Nations on 17 September 1957. Malaysia has held a rotational non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council for four terms,and has participated in over 30 United Nations peacekeeping missions since October 1960.
On 18 September 1961,a DC-6 passenger aircraft of Transair Sweden,operating for the United Nations,crashed near Ndola,Northern Rhodesia. The crash resulted in the deaths of all people on board,including Dag Hammarskjöld,the second Secretary-General of the United Nations,and 15 others. Hammarskjöld had been en route to ceasefire negotiations with Moïse Tshombe during the Congo Crisis. Three official inquiries failed to determine conclusively the cause of the crash,which set off a succession crisis at the United Nations. A number of historians and military experts criticize the official inquiries,pointing to evidence of foul play that had been omitted from the inquiries.
The Seventy-second Session of the United Nations General Assembly opened on 12 September 2017. The President of the United Nations General Assembly was from the Eastern European Group.
Sweden became a member of the United Nations on November 19,1946. Sweden has historically contributed with political leadership;politicians and diplomats such as Dag Hammarskjöld,Folke Bernadotte,Alva Myrdal and Margot Wallström and others have all played important roles in the development of the UN organization. Sweden is one of few member nations which meets or exceeds United Nations humanitarian aid spending target of 0.7% of GDP. In 2017,Swedish aid spending amounted to 1.4% of its GDP. The country has held a non-permanent seat in the Security Council four times,most recently between 2017 and 2018.
