Zambia
Dag Hammarskjoeld Memorial
Dag Hammarskjoeld Memorial by Roman Bruehwiler
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The Dag Hammarskjoeld Memorial (Crash site) marks the site of the plane crash that killed the second and then current Secretary General of the United Nations in 1961. The site outside Ndola, Zambia, contains a memorial, a memorial garden, and a museum detailing the life of Hammerskjoeld, a Swedish economist turned diplomat who died en route to cease-fire negotiations during the Congo Crisis. Dag Hammerskjoeld was called “the greatest statesman of our century” by US President John F. Kennedy, and is the only person in history to have been awarded a Nobel Peace Prize posthumously.
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- Full Name
- Dag Hammarskjoeld Memorial (Crash site) (ID: 867)
- Country
- Zambia
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On tentative list 1997
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History of Dag Hammarskjoeld Memorial
- 1997: Added to Tentative List
- Added to tentative list
- Type
- Cultural
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- UNESCO
- whc.unesco.org
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- Secular structure: Memorials and Monuments
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