Mr. Hammarskjöld served as Secretary-General from April 1953 until his death aged 56 ... An extraordinary man' Appointed at just 47 years old, Dag Hammarskjöld of Sweden remains the youngest ...

"Dag Hammarskjöld was exposed to criticism and violent, unrestrained attacks" explained the Nobel Committee "but he never departed from the path he had chosen from the very first: the path that ...

Of the three top-selling human biology textbooks, "In the last analysis it is our conception of death which decides our answers to all the questions life puts to us." - Dag Hammarskjold Death and ...

Hammarskjöld lasting legacy was to develop the secretary-general’s political role, as the UN found its way through the Cold War. Wherever there is an ugly, unresolved injustice pulling at the ...