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Author: Peter B. Heller
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2001-10-23
Total Pages: 346
ISBN-13: 1461702097
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOrganized around the major events that marked Hammarskjöld's eight and a half years in office, this volume takes stock of Hammarskjöld first as a person and then as an international functionary. Also included are a bibliography, chronology, index, and an appendix of significant documents.
Author: Susan Williams
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 372
ISBN-13: 0190231408
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt has been 50 years since the UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold mysteriously died in a plane crash in Africa. Williams uncovers new evidence to demonstrate conclusively that the horrific conflict in the Congo was driven not so much by internal divisions as by the Cold War and the West's determination to control post-colonial Africa.
Author: Henning Melber
Publisher:
Published: 2018-12
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781787380042
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA new investigation into Hammarskjöld's role in the decolonisation of Africa during the Cold War offers startling conclusions.
Author: Roger Lipsey
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2013-03-18
Total Pages: 759
ISBN-13: 0472118900
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDrawing from little explored archives and personal correspondence, chronicles the life of the second secretary general of the United Nations who was killed in 1961 while en route to ceasefire negotiations in the Congo.
Author: Roger Lipsey
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Published: 2020-02-25
Total Pages: 152
ISBN-13: 0834842750
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn accessible guide to the principles and vision of Dag Hammarskjöld, a man John F. Kennedy called "the greatest statesman of our century." Dag Hammarskjöld served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1953 until his tragic Dag Hammarskjöld served as secretary-general of the United Nations from 1953 until his tragic death in a suspicious plane crash in 1961. During those years he saw the fledgling international organization through numerous crises with skill that made him a star on the international stage. As readers of his now-classic diary, Markings, are aware, Hammarskjöld understood political leadership as an honor calling for resourcefulness, humility, moral clarity, and spiritual reflection. In this accessible handbook, acclaimed biographer Roger Lipsey details the political and personal code by which Hammarskjöld lived and made critical decisions. What emerges is the portrait of a man who struck a remarkable balance between patience and action, empathy and reserve, policy and people. Structured through short sections on themes such as courage, facing facts, and negotiation, Politics and Conscience offers a vision of ethical leadership as relevant today as it was in Hammarskjöld’s time.
Author: Dag Hammarskjold
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 2006-10-10
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 0307277429
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Perhaps the greatest testament of personal devotion published in this century." — The New York Times A powerful journal of poems and spiritual meditations recorded over several decades by a universally known and admired peacemaker. A dramatic account of spiritual struggle, Markings has inspired hundreds of thousands of readers since it was first published in 1964. Markings is distinctive, as W.H. Auden remarks in his foreword, as a record of "the attempt by a professional man of action to unite in one life the via activa and the via contemplativa." It reflects its author's efforts to live his creed, his belief that all men are equally the children of God and that faith and love require of him a life of selfless service to others. For Hammarskjöld, "the road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action." Markings is not only a fascinating glimpse of the mind of a great man, but also a moving spiritual classic that has left its mark on generations of readers.
Author: Loraine Sievers
Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK)
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 744
ISBN-13: 0199685290
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis text is a revised edition and contains new material documenting the extensive and rapid innovations in the UN Security Council's procedures of the past two decades. It provides insight into the inside workings of the world's pre-eminent body for the maintenance of international peace and security. Grounded in the history and politics of the Council, it describes the ways the Council has responded through its working methods to a changing world. It explains the Council's role in its wider UN Charter context and examines its relations with other UN organs and its own subsidiary bodies.
Author: Julio Frenk
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2015-05-01
Total Pages: 393
ISBN-13: 0190221569
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"The UN was not created to take mankind to heaven, but to save humanity from hell." --Dag Hammarskjöld, United Nations Secretary-General 1953-1961 The turn of the 21st century was an objective low point in the history of human health: AIDS was scourging Africa, millions of women died each year in child birth, and billions suffered under malnourishment and poverty. In response, the United Nations launched its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), an ambitious charter that since 2000 has measurably reduced the worldwide burdens of poverty, hunger, and disease. With the MDGs set to expire in 2015, continued progress on these fronts is anything but certain. In addition to the persisting threats of the 20th century, globalization has sped the development of new threats--pandemics, climate change, chronic disease--that now threaten rich and poor countries equally. "To Save Humanity" is a collection of short, honest essays on what single issue matters most for the future of global health. Authored by the world's leading voices from science, politics, and social advocacy, this collection is both a primer on the major issues of our time and a potential blueprint for post-2015 health and development. This unparalleled collection will provide illuminating and thought-provoking reading for anyone invested in our collective future and well-being.
Author: United Nations. Secretary-General
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Published: 1979
Total Pages: 120
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Brian Urquhart
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 655
ISBN-13: 9780393312539
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs the 1990s place greater demands on the UN, this inspiring biography shows how Hammarskjold perfected the active but quiet diplomacy that proved successful in a series of seemingly hopeless situations, from the Suez Crisis to Indochina, and how he stood up for principle against the greatest powers. Photos.
