Dag Hammarskjold Quotes
I never discuss discussions.
Dag Hammarskjold, 1905-1961, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Statement to reporters asking about his discussions with the Russians, Quoted in Look, September 19, 1956
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Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld was a Swedish economist and diplomat who served as the second Secretary-General of the United Nations. As of 2021, Hammarskjöld remains the youngest person to have held the Secretary-General post, having been only 47 years old when he was appointed in 1953. His second term was cut short when he died in the crash of his DC-6 airplane in Northern Rhodesia while en route to cease-fire negotiations during the Congo Crisis. He is the only person in history to be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize posthumously.