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Dag Hammarskjöld, the United Nations, and the End of Empire: Welcome and Introduction
Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
This one-day conference is timed to mark the 50th anniversary of United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld’s death in a plane crash in Zambia. The conference will examine the role and legacy of Dag Hammarskjöld in relation to decolonisation in the 1950s-60s, in the context of global power shifts, the Cold War, and white supremacist movements. It will look at the experience of newly-independent countries joining the UN, and across the European powers, specifically France, Belgium and Britain.
Speakers: Professor Philip Murphy, Director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, Dr Henning Melber, Director of the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation David Wardrop, Chairman, United Nations Association, Westminster Branch
02/09/2011
Dag Hammarskjöld, the United Nations, and the End of Empire: Welcome and Introduction
Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
This one-day conference is timed to mark the 50th anniversary of United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld’s death in a plane crash in Zambia. The conference will examine the role and legacy of Dag Hammarskjöld in relation to decolonisation in the 1950s-60s, in the context of global power shifts, the Cold War, and white supremacist movements. It will look at the experience of newly-independent countries joining the UN, and across the European powers, specifically France, Belgium and Britain.
Speakers: Professor Philip Murphy, Director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, Dr Henning Melber, Director of the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation David Wardrop, Chairman, United Nations Association, Westminster Branch
02/09/2011
