1954年，在达格·哈马舍尔德的第一个任期内，"会议外交"和"静默外交"这两个词第一次出现在正式文件(A/2911)
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]中。 他希望联合国能在发展"new forms of
contact, new methods of deliberation, and new techniques
for reconciliation thus adding to the strength and
prestige of the Organization as well as drawing strength
and prestige from it”中取得进展。
达格·哈马舍尔德的话...
"Only in true surrender to the interest of
all can we reach that strength and independence,
that unity of purpose, that equity of judgment which
are necessary if we are to measure up to our duty
to the future, as men of a generation to whom the
chance was given to build in time a world of peace." (UN
Press Release SG/360, December 22, 1953).
"The tensions of our time are too severe to
permit us to neglect these resources and should impel
us to use the United Nations in such a manner as
to widen the possibilities for constructive negotiation." (Annual
report of the Secretary-General on the work of the
organization, 16 June 1955 - 15 June 1956).
"We need the Organization... for the negotiating
possibilities it opens up. We need it as an executive
organ. We need it for the constructive additions
it offers in international attempts to resolve conflicts
of interest. And we need it as a foundation and a
framework for... the prevention of future conflicts." (Excerpt
from: Do
We Need the United Nations? - Speech made in
Copenhagen, 2 May 1959).
"This leads me back to the international situation
and to the role of the United Nations... It would
be too dramatic to talk about our task as one of
waging a war for peace, but it is quite realistic
to look at it as an essential and - within its limits
- effective work for building dams against the floods
of disintegration and violence." ( Excerpt from
Dag Hammarskjöld's last address to staff on
Staff Day 8 Sept. 1961).
