Secretary-General

Dag Hammarskjöld Re-elected Secretary-General

26 September 1957

Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld was unanimously re-elected today to a second five-year term. The vote in the General Assembly late this afternoon followed the unanimous recommendation of the Security Council this morning. Mr. Hammarskjöld's present term will expire on 10 April 1958.
Mr. Hammarskjöld is seen here, shortly after his re-election, being congratulated by Dr. Luis Padilla Nervo (right), Mexico's Secretary for External Relations, and Chairman of his country's delegation to the current (12th) session of the U.N. General Assembly

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