Dag Hammarskjöld Stood Up for the UN on Development
By John Y. Jones
In his last years before his untimely death in Africa half a century ago, United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld challenged the colonial powers’ continued attempts to quell the quest for freedom that was sweeping the continent, and openly criticized those who tried to make “the Congo a happy hunting ground for [their own] national interests.”1
Getting the Facts Right: The UN Yearbook
Academics, journalists and youth leaders, explore five topics highlighted by the 2007 edition of the Yearbook in the current media context: Darfur, attacks on United Nations and humanitarian workers, progress towards realizing the Millennium Development Goals, climate change and the global economic effects of the financial crisis.
The panel is organized by the United Nations Academic Impact initiative, launched in 2010 by the Department of Public Information to engage the academic world.
For information about the United Nations Academic Impact initiative, please visit http://academicimpact.org, or contact Nathalie Leroy at leroyn@un.org.
Realizing the Millennium Development Goals One Landmine at a Time
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The UN was founded to build a safer world. In the UN Charter countries pledged to work ‘...to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.’ In the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the inherent dignity and rights of every individual were recognized and this included the right to a decent standard of living. A safe and secure world means not only the cessation of war and armed violence, but also the active removal of remnants of war, in all their various guises, that mutilate and take lives, that block humanitarian aid, impede development and agriculture. and hinder commerce. It also means respecting and protecting human rights by assisting survivors of conflicts, caring for damaged families, and educating girls and boys living close to affected areas about the risks they come across while playing outside.
Security and Governance in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding
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“First, we should move beyond the idea of a clear-cut sequence of peacemaking, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding. These tools should be deployed in an integrated fashion, not kept in separate silos. Conflict seldom follows a tidy path. We must continue to evolve towards a faster and more flexible architecture of response that allows us to customize our assistance to the real and immediate needs on the ground.”
Secretary-General
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