UN / DAG HAMMARSKJOLD DEATH ANNIVERSARY

Commemorating the 62nd anniversary of the death of former Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld, UN chief Antonio Guterres said, "We have the shared responsibility to pursue the truth." UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:02
• Production Date: 13 September 2023
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: ANTONIO GUTERRES; DAG HAMMARSKJÖLD
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS
• Subject Topical: CEREMONIES; DEATH
• Geographic Subject: SWEDEN
• MAMS Id: 3088384
• Parent Id: 3088384
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STORY: UN / DAG HAMMARSKJOLD DEATH ANNIVERSARY
TRT: 1:02
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 13 SEPTEMBER 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

FILE – NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations

13 SEPTEMBER 2023, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Secretary-General walking to podium
3. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“We have a shared responsibility to pursue the truth – for Dag Hammarskjöld and those who died alongside him, for their loved ones, and for the United Nations and the people we serve.”
4. Close up, commemorative wreath
5. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“He recognized that the United Nations may be imperfect – but he knew it was indispensable. And he summoned us all to reach higher. As he once said: ‘It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.’ Let us take inspiration from the courage of his convictions and the power of his example.”
6. Wide shot, Secretary-General leaving podium
7. Close up, commemorative wreath

Storyline

The UN chief said, "We have the shared responsibility to pursue the truth" on the plane crash in which former UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld died.

Commemorating the 62nd anniversary of the death of Hammarskjöld today (13 Sep), Guterres welcomed the General Assembly’s resolution in December 2022 to continue the investigation into the cause of the plane crash and echoed the General Assembly’s call for Member States to release any relevant records in their possession.

According to Guterres, Hammarskjöld shaped the United Nations in innumerable ways –setting new standards of public service and launching the organization on its active career as the custodian of world peace.

He continued by saying that the former Secretary General recognized that the United Nations “may be imperfect – but he knew it was indispensable. And he summoned us all to reach higher.”

He quoted Hammarskjöld’s words, “It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.”

Guterres continued, “Let us take inspiration from the courage of his convictions and the power of his example.”

He concluded by asking all the participants to join him in a moment of silence at the ceremony.

Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld was Secretary-General of the United Nations from 10 April 1953 until 18 September 1961, when he died in a plane crash while on a peace mission in the Congo.

He was born on 29 July 1905 in Jonkoping in south-central Sweden.

During his terms as Secretary-General, Hammarskjöld carried out many responsibilities for the United Nations in its efforts to prevent war and serve the other aims of the Charter.