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Board of trustees

The board of trustees of the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation:

Göran Bexell, Chair, Sweden
Former Vice-Chancellor,
Lund University
Praful Bidwai Praful Bidwai, India
Independent Journalist
Ellinor Hammarskjöld Elinor Hammarskjöld, Sweden
Sweden’s Ambassador to Israel
Thandika Thandika Mkandawire , Malawi/Sweden
Former Director of the United Nations Research
Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) and
Chair in African Development at the
London School of Economics (LSE).
Juan Somavia Juan Somavia, Chile
Director-General
International Labour Organization
Geneva, Switzerland
Lena Sundh Lena Sundh, Sweden
Ambassador and Advisor on
Conflict Prevention and Management,
Department of Global Security,
Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Ashok Swain Ashok Swain, India
Professor,
Deparment of Peace
and Conflict Research,
Uppsala University
Mariama Williams Mariama Williams, Jamaica
Adjunct Associate/Research Adviser
The Center for Concern, Washington, D.C. /
International Gender and Trade Network
Margareta Margareta Wahlström, Sweden
Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and
Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator
UN

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    Message from the Chairperson in January 2010

  • Board of trustees

    The Foundation is governed by an autonomous Board of Trustees, which has nine members. New members are elected through co-option. At present, four of the members are Swedish while five are internationally recruited.

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    The Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation pays tribute to the memory of the second Secretary General of the United Nations by searching for and examining workable alternatives for a democratic, socially and economically just, ecologically sustainable, peaceful and secure world in which human rights are genuinely respected. » Read more