Dag Hammarskjöld : markings of his life

When Dag Hammarskjöld took over the post as Secretary-General of the United Nations, he was greeted with the words: “Welcome ... to the most impossible job on this Earth.” He was a compromise candidate who was assumed to be a weak and docile administrator. But, to everybody’s surprise, he stood up against the superpowers and with unshakeable integrity he defended the interests of small nations. His leadership and principled action shaped the modern UN. Dag Hammarskjöld made the “impossi