Hammarskjöld

Annan marks centenary of 'visionary' former UN leader Hammarskjöld's birth

Swedish-born former United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld "embodied the very definition of a visionary," for he was deeply aware that development, security and human rights were not only ends in themselves, but that they reinforced each other, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today in a message marking the centenary of Mr. Hammarskjöld's birth.

Annan opens lecture series honouring centenary of Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld

Secretary-General Kofi Annan today launched a lecture series in honour of Dag Hammarskjöld – a man he described as one who "personified the United Nations" and whose core ideas remain highly relevant in today's international context.