ag Hammarskjöld, the second secretary general of the United Nations, died in a plane crash shortly after midnight on September 18 1961. The aircraft was approaching Ndola, a mining town in then Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia). Hammarskjöld had arranged a meeting with Moïse Tshombe, leader of the secessionist Katanga province, to find a solution toContinue reading “South Africa and the death of Dag Hammarskjöld”
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UN Leader Dag Hammarskjold Died in Mysterious Circumstances in 1961. What Really Happened?
New evidence supports a theory that the pioneering U.N. secretary general was assassinated. SARAH PRUITT, Universal History Archive/UIG/Getty images Shortly after midnight on September 18, 1961, a chartered DC-6 airplane carrying United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold on a peacekeeping mission to the newly independent African nation of the Congo crashed in a forest near Ndola, in theContinue reading “UN Leader Dag Hammarskjold Died in Mysterious Circumstances in 1961. What Really Happened?”
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Dag Hammarskjöld: a defiant pioneer of global diplomacy who died in a mystery plane crash This piece is part of a new series in collaboration with the ABC’s Saturday Extra program. Each week, the show will have a “who am I” quiz for listeners about influential figures who helped shape the 20th century, and we willContinue reading “Wikimedia Commons”
Dag Hammarskjöld, Sekjen PBB yang ingin Papua jadi bangsa merdeka (1)
Berjiwa mardika. Berdiri lantang di antara dua raksasa perang dingin. Pria itu berbicara pada forum terhormat di jantung Amerika yang sibuk, New York, 8 Maret 1960. Panjang lebar dia urai, bagaimana negara-negara yang baru merdeka akan memperoleh manfaat dari dana khusus PBB yang dirancangnya. Forum itu bernama mentereng; Economic Club. Ini organisasi nonpartisan yang sukaContinue reading “Dag Hammarskjöld, Sekjen PBB yang ingin Papua jadi bangsa merdeka (1)”
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