Alert: Mystery still surrounds death of revered UN chief Hammarskjöld, 63 years after tragic plane crash

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Alert 18 October 2024

Mystery still surrounds death of revered UN chief Hammarskjöld, 63 years after tragic plane crash One of the most enduring mysteries in United Nations history – the 1961 plane crash that killed Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld and all on board as he sought to broker peace in the Congo – will linger on, with a new assessment announced on Friday suggesting that "specific and crucial" information continues to be withheld by a handful of Member States. Read more

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