de bene esse: Dag Hammarskjöld

Monday, July 29, 2013

Dag Hammarskjöld

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

“Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions”

- Dag Hammarskjöld, born 29 July 1905.

Swedish diplomat, economist, and author. The second Secretary-General of the United Nations, he served from April 1953 until his death in a plane crash in September 1961. He was posthumously awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

“Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions”

- Happy Birthday Dag Hammarskjöld, born 29 July 1905.

Swedish diplomat, economist, and author. The second Secretary-General of the United Nations, he served from April 1953 until his death in a plane crash in September 1961. He was posthumously awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

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