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Dag Hammarskj�ld (1905-1961)
Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld was a Swedish diplomat, economist and author and was the second Secretary-General of the United Nations. He served from April 1953 until his death in a plane crash in September 1961. He is the only person to have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize posthumously. Hammarskjöld remains the only U.N. Secretary-General to die in office.U.S. President John F. Kennedy called Hammarskjöld "the greatest statesman of our century." |
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The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.
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