Dag Hammarskjold, the United Nations and Africa

dc.contributor.authorMelber, Henning
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-21T07:36:28Z
dc.date.available2013-09-30T00:20:04Z
dc.date.issued2012-03
dc.description.abstractOnce upon a time there was a Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), who was elected into office during the Cold War era because the big powers believed he was just a humble servant to their interests. They were wrong. Even‐handedness, integrity, moral leadership, respect for otherness, loyalty to principles and ethical values, as enshrined in the UN Charter, were among the core values he represented. Dag Hammarskjöld held a firm belief in the autonomy of the office of the UN Secretary‐General and the Secretariat, which ought not to be degraded to a mere instrument and conference machinery serving the interests of the powerful states. Hammarskjöld was determined not to surrender the power of definition to individual member states.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://tandfonline.com/loi/crea20en_US
dc.identifier.citationHenning, M 2012, 'Dag Hammarskjöld, the United Nations and Africa', Review of African Political Economy, vol. 39, no. 131, pp.151-159.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0305-6244 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1740-1720 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1080/03056244.2012.659013
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/19619
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherRoutledgeen_US
dc.rights© 2012 ROAPE Publications Ltd. This is an electronic version of an article published in Review of African Political Economy, vol. 39, no. 131, pp. 151-159, 2012. Review of African Political Economy is available online at: http://tandfonline.com/loi/crea20.en_US
dc.subjectUnited Nationsen_US
dc.subjectAfricaen_US
dc.subjectDag Hammarskjölden_US
dc.titleDag Hammarskjold, the United Nations and Africaen_US
dc.typePostprint Articleen_US

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