The Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation, () is an autonomous, non-governmental,

non-profit A nonprofit organization (NPO), also known as a nonbusiness entity, nonprofit institution, not-for-profit organization, or simply a nonprofit, is a non-governmental (private) legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public, or so ...

foundation established in 1962 in memory of

Dag Hammarskjöld Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld (English: ,; 29 July 1905 – 18 September 1961) was a Swedish economist and diplomat who served as the second secretary-general of the United Nations from April 1953 until his death in a plane crash in Septe ...

, the second Secretary-General of the United Nations. The Foundation is a based in

Uppsala, Sweden Uppsala ( ; ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the capital of Uppsala County and the fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inhabitants in 2019. Located north of the capital Stockholm, it is ...

, and aims to strengthen policy on international cooperation, development and peacebuilding.

History

The foundation was created in 1962 as Sweden's national memorial to

, Secretary General of the United Nations from 1953 until his death in a plane crash on a mission to the Congo.

Focus areas

* UN development system renewal * Building peace * Support for the implementation Security Council resolution 2282, as well as General Assembly resolution 70/262 * Promote inclusivity in peacebuilding # Promote mediation and dialogue in peacebuilding

International development agenda (Agenda 2030)

The

Sustainable Development Goals The ''2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development'', adopted by all United Nations (UN) members in 2015, created 17 world Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The aim of these global goals is "peace and prosperity for people and the planet" – wh ...

and Agenda 2030 were both launched in 2015. Since then the foundation has attempted to follow the development and the implementation of the Agenda. It has done this by creating a seminar series, as well as via the creation of a Goal Tracker. The seminar series is run in cooperation with UNDP Sweden and aims to raise public awareness of the Sustainable Development Goals, as well as to stimulate debate about the challenges and opportunities of the Agenda. The Goal Tracker was launched in autumn of 2017 in cooperation with Data Act Lab (DAL) and aims to create a digital platform that can monitored to the needs and preconditions of participating countries in regards to their implementation of Agenda 2030.

Global governance

This program was launched in order to stimulate new ways of thinking about global challenges, and how to gather local responses in response to global challenges The Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation and Uppsala University have jointly instituted an annual Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture. The first Lecture was held in mid-September 1998. The privilege of delivering the Lecture will be offered to a person who has promoted in action and spirit the values that inspired Dag Hammarskjöld as Secretary-General of the United Nations and generally in his life – composition, humanism, and commitment to international solidarity and cooperation. The lecture is given in recognition of the values that inspired Dag Hammarskjöld personally and as Secretary-General – compassion, humanism and commitment to international solidarity and cooperation. Previous Dag Hammarskjöld lecturers include UNSG

Kofi Annan Kofi Atta Annan (8 April 193818 August 2018) was a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh secretary-general of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006. Annan and the UN were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize. He was the founder a ...

, Mary Robinson, Sir Brian Urquhart, Jan Eliasson,

Tarja Halonen Tarja Kaarina Halonen (, born 24 December 1943) is a Finns, Finnish politician who served as the 11th president of Finland, and the first and to date only woman to hold the position, from 2000 to 2012. She first rose to prominence as a lawyer wit ...

, Margot Wallström,

Helen Clark Helen Elizabeth Clark (born 26 February 1950) is a New Zealand politician who served as the 37th prime minister of New Zealand from 1999 to 2008 and was the administrator of the United Nations Development Programme from 2009 to 2017. She was ...

, José Ramos-Horta, UNSG

Ban Ki-moon Ban Ki-moon (born 13 June 1944) is a South Korean politician and diplomat who served as the eighth secretary-general of the United Nations between 2007 and 2016. Prior to his appointment as secretary-general, Ban was the South Korean minister ...

, UNSG

António Guterres António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres (born 30 April 1949) is a Portuguese politician and diplomat who is serving as the ninth and current secretary-general of the United Nations since 2017. A member of the Socialist Party (Portugal), ...

, Kristiana Figueres and Agnès Callamard. The 2023 Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture was presented by the Deputy UN Secretary General Dr Amina J. Mohammed.

Board of trustees and the Secretariat

* Ruth Jacoby, chair of the board, former Ambassador and diplomat at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs * Paula Caballero, Regional Managing Director for Latin America of The Nature Conservancy's (TNC) * Astrid Thors, Lawyer and politician * Cecilia Malmström, former Swedish politician * Ann-Sofie Nilsson, Ambassador and diplomat at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs * Erik Hammarskjöld, former Swedish diplomat at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs * Joakim Kreuz, Associate Professor at the Department of Government,

Uppsala University Uppsala University (UU) () is a public university, public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the List of universities in Sweden, oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in operation. Initially fou ...

References

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