The adventure of peace : Dag Hammarskjöld and the future of the UN

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    • Ask, Sten
    • Mark-Jungkvist, Anna

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The adventure of peace : Dag Hammarskjöld and the future of the UN

[editors: Sten Ask, Anna Mark-Jungkvist]

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

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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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