Synopses & Reviews
This book deals with both the past and the present. In twenty-five chapters researchers, diplomats, and UN-servants from all over the world discuss the life and deeds of Dag Hammarskjöld. Sir Brian Urquhart, Hans Blix, Ambassador Nancy E. Soderberg, and Under-Secretary-General Shashi Tharoor, among others, ask themselves in what way the political legacy of Dag Hammarskjöld can help us find solutions to the international problems of today.
Synopsis
Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjold 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 Hammarskjold.
About the Author
Sten Ask is Ambassador with the Foreign Ministry of Sweden.
Anna Mark-Jungkvist is Department Secretary with the Foreign Ministry of Sweden.
Table of Contents
Foreword--Göran Persson * Introduction--Kofi A. Annan *
Part I: Dag Hammarskjöld * The Secretary-General: Why Dag Hammarskjöld?--Brian Urquhart * The Road to the UN: The Emergence of the International Civil Servant--Hans Landberg * International Negotiator: Mission Beijing--Qu Xing * Nikita Khrushchev and Dag Hammarskjöld--Sergei Khrushchev * The Swedish Government and Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld--Sverker Åström * Nature and Culture: Two Necessities of Life--Per Lind and Bengt Thelin * Dag Hammarskjöld and Markings--KG Hammar *
Part II: What Can We Learn from Dag Hammarskjöld? * The Quest for a Political Philosophy of World Organisation--Manuel Fröhlich * The Role of the Secretary-General--Shashi Tharoor * An Independent International Civil Service--James O.C. Jonah * The Peacekeeper--Jean-Marie Guéhenno * International Leadership and Charisma--Dorothy V. Jones *
Part III: Challenges Facing the UN * Public Opinion on a Dynamic World Organisation--Ronald Inglehart and Thorleif Pettersson * Poverty and Inequality: Challenges in the Era of Globalisation--Sakiko Fukuda-Parr * Sustainable Development: A Concept for Peace-building?--Margot Wallström * No Peace without Justice--Elizabeth Odio-Benito * Gender Equality and the UN--Angela E.V. King * Preventive Diplomacy--Jan Eliasson and Peter Wallensteen * The Responsibility to Protect: Rethinking Humanitarian Intervention--Gareth Evans * Shooting the Elephant: The UN and the Dilemma of Nation-Building--Nadezhda Mihaylova and Ivan Krastev * The UN and the Fight against Terrorism--Jane Boulden * Weapons of Mass Destruction--Hans Blix * The Role of the UN in an Age of US Hegemony--Nancy E. Soderberg *
The Future * Dag Hammarskjöld's Assumptions and the Future of the UN--Lord Skidelsky * With Dag Hammarskjöld to Guide Us: A Vision of Peace and Security--Malin Herwig