Hammarskjöld
Americannoun
noun
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Then, he quoted Dag Hammarskjöld, former Secretary-General of the United Nations: “’For all that has been—thanks.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 3, 2023
Among them was the United Nations secretary general, Dag Hammarskjöld, a fierce proponent of African autonomy and decolonization who had been on his way to settle a conflict in the Congolese province of Katanga.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2019
In a bid to end the standoff and the conflict, Hammarskjöld was flying to a secret meeting with Tshombe when he died.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 12, 2019
Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld, backed by Washington, imposed a cease-fire after just nine days of war, stopping the Anglo-French attack far short of capturing the entire canal.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2017
A well-traveled multilinguist, Knut Hammarskjöld was a grand-nephew of Dag Hammarskjöld, the Swedish diplomat and secretary-general of the United Nations in the 1950s.
From BusinessWeek ● Jan. 14, 2015
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