The adventure of peace : Dag Hammarskjöld and the future of the UN
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The adventure of peace : Dag Hammarskjöld and the future of the UN
Palgrave Macmillan, 2005
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Dag Hammarskjöld and the future of the UN
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First published Stockholm, Atlantis, 2005
Includes bibliographical references (p. 406-413) and index
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Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld was Secretary-General of the UN from 1953 until 1961, when he met his death in a plane accident while on a peace mission in the Congo. This book deals with both the past and the present. In 25 chapters researchers, diplomats and UN-servants from all over the world discuss the life and deeds of Dag Hammarskjöld.
Table of Contents
- Foreword
- G.Persson Introduction
- Kofi A.Annan PART I: DAG HAMMARSKJÖLD The Secretary-General: Why Dag Hammarskjöld?
- B.Urquhart The Road to the UN: The Emergence of the International Civil Servant
- H.Landberg International Negotiator: Mission Beijing
- Q. Xing Nikita Khrushchev and Dag Hammarskjöld
- S.Khrushchev The Swedish Government and Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld
- S.Åström Nature and Culture: Two Necessities of Life
- P.Lind & B.Thelin Dag Hammarskjöld and Markings
- K.G.Hammar PART II: WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM DAG HAMMARSKJÖLD? The Quest for a Political Philosophy of World Organisation
- M.Fröhlich The Role of the Secretary-General
- S.Tharoor An Independent International Civil Service
- J.O.C.Jonah The Peacekeeper
- J-M.Guéhenno International Leadership and Charisma
- D.V.Jones PART III: CHALLENGES FACING THE UN Public Opinion on a Dynamic World Organisation
- R.Inglehart & T.Pettersson Poverty and Inequality: Challenges in the Era of Globalisation
- S.Fukuda-Parr Sustainable Development: A Concept for Peace-building?
- M.Wallström No Peace without Justice
- E.Odio-Benito Gender Equality and the UN
- A.E.V.King Preventive Diplomacy
- J.Eliasson & P.Wallensteen The Responsibility to Protect: Rethinking Humanitarian Intervention
- G.Evans Shooting the Elephant: The UN and the Dilemma of Nation-Building
- N.Mihaylova & I.Krastev The UN and the Fight against Terrorism
- J.Boulden Weapons of Mass Destruction
- H.Blix The Role of the UN in an Age of US Hegemony
- N.E.Soderberg The Future Dag Hammarskjöld's Assumptions and the Future of the UN
- L.Skidelsky With Dag Hammarskjöld to Guide Us: A Vision of Peace and Security
- M.Herwig
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