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 2024,he remains the youngest person to have held the post,having been only 47 years old when he was appointed. He was a son of Hjalmar Hammarskjöld,who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1914 to 1917.
Theo-Ben Gurirab was a Namibian politician who served in various senior government positions. He served as the second prime minster of Namibia from 28 August 2002 to 20 March 2005,following the demotion and subsequent resignation of Hage Geingob. Previously he was the country's first Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1990 to 2002 and was President of the United Nations General Assembly from 1999 to 2000. He was Speaker of the National Assembly of Namibia from 2005 to 2015,when he was replaced by Peter Katjavivi. Gurirab ultimately resigned from politics in 2015.
Michael W. Doyle is an American international relations scholar who is a theorist of the liberal "democratic peace" and author of Liberalism and World Politics. He has also written on the comparative history of empires and the evaluation of UN peace-keeping. He is a University professor of International Affairs,Law and Political Science at Columbia University - School of International and Public Affairs. He is the former director of Columbia Global Policy Initiative. He co-directs the Center on Global Governance at Columbia Law School.
Danuta Maria Hübner is a Polish politician and Diplomat and Economist and Member of the European Parliament. She has served as European Commissioner for Regional Policy from 22 November 2004 until 4 July 2009,when she resigned to become a Member of European Parliament for the Civic Platform. In 2012,Professor Hübner became a member of the International Honorary Council of the European Academy of Diplomacy.
The Bureau of International Organization Affairs (IO) is a bureau in the United States Department of State that creates and executes U.S. policy in the United Nations and other international organizations. It is headed by the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs. The IO is charged with developing and implementing the policies of the U.S. government with respect to the United Nations and its affiliated agencies,as well as within certain other international organizations. The Bureau of International Organization Affairs was created in order to strengthen the United States involvement in important international relations.
Mongi Slim was a Tunisian diplomat who became the first African to become the President of the United Nations General Assembly in 1961. He received a degree from the faculty of law of the University of Paris. He was twice imprisoned by the French during the Tunisian struggle for independence.
Knut Hjalmar Leonard Hammarskjöld was a Swedish politician and scholar who was Prime Minister of Sweden from 1914 to 1917. He was a member of the Riksdag from 1923 to 1938 in the first chamber. He headed Sweden's government during most of World War I,and maintained the nation's neutrality in that conflict. He was ideologically conservative,although he was never officially a member of any political party.
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.
The United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA) is a department of the Secretariat of the United Nations (UN) with responsibility for monitoring and assessing global political developments and advising and assisting the UN Secretary General and his envoys in the peaceful prevention and resolution of conflict around the world. The department manages field-based political missions in Africa,Central Asia,and the Middle East,and has been increasing its professional capacities in conflict mediation and preventive diplomacy. DPPA also oversees UN electoral assistance to Member States of the organization. Established in 1992,the department's responsibilities also include providing secretariat support to the UN Security Council and two standing committees created by the General Assembly concerning the Rights of the Palestinian People and Decolonization. DPPA is based at the UN Headquarters in New York City.
Patricia Espinosa Cantellano is a Mexican diplomat who served as the executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change from 2016 to 2022. She was Secretary of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of President Felipe Calderón;and served as Mexican Ambassador to Austria,Germany,Slovenia and Slovakia. Because of her diplomatic career,she was appointed Ambassador Emeritus of Mexico in 2012.
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.
Staffan de Mistura is an Italian-Swedish diplomat,United Nations official and former member of the Italian government.
George Walter Landau was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Paraguay,Chile,and Venezuela.
Angela Kane is a German diplomat and was formerly the UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs and Under-Secretary-General for Management in the United Nations.
Christian Wenaweser is a Liechtenstein diplomat. He is currently serving as the Permanent Representative of Liechtenstein to the United Nations.
Simonetta Di Pippo is an Italian astrophysicist and former Director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA). She holds a Master’s Degree in Astrophysics and Space Physics from University "La Sapienza",and an Honoris Causa Degree in Environmental Studies,and an Honoris Causa Degree of Doctor in International Affairs. In 2008,the International Astronomical Union (IAU) named asteroid 21887 "dipippo" in honour of her contribution to space activities and in 2006,she was knighted by the President of the Italian Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi.
Christoph Heusgen is a German diplomat who has served as chairman of the Munich Security Conference since 2022.
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.
A United Nations Secretary-General selection was held in 1953 after Trygve Lie announced his intention of resigning. Lie had been at odds with the Soviet Union since the outbreak of the Korean War,and the negotiations for an armistice offered the opportunity for a new Secretary-General to turn the page. The British delegation dragged out the selection process as they campaigned for Lester Pearson of Canada,but he was vetoed by the Soviet Union. Other candidates fell short of a majority in the Security Council. After two weeks of deadlock,France proposed Dag Hammarskjöld of Sweden as a dark horse candidate. Hammarskjöld was acceptable to both superpowers and was selected Secretary-General for a 5-year term.
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.
