Who Killed Hammarskjöld? The UN, the Cold War and White Supremacy in Africa Quotes

“It has been argued that the Congo initiative constituted a turning-point in the history of the United Nations. For by mobilizing the UN’s resources to intervene in the Congo, Hammarskjöld was engaging the organization in the process of decolonization.32 This was a new situation for the UN—in the general spirit of the Charter, but without the benefit of experience from the past.”
― Susan Williams, Who Killed Hammarskjold?: The UN, the Cold War and White Supremacy in Africa

“Beethoven has given us a confession and a credo which we, who work within and for this Organization, may well make our own. We take part in the continuous fight between conflicting interests and ideologies which so far has marked the history of mankind.”
― Susan Williams, Who Killed Hammarskjold?: The UN, the Cold War and White Supremacy in Africa

“He made ‘a new art of multilateral diplomacy,’ adds Urquhart, by his skill, stamina, and resourcefulness: ‘He gave a fresh dimension to the task of international service by the qualities of his mind and of his compassionate nature.”
― Susan Williams, Who Killed Hammarskjold?: The UN, the Cold War and White Supremacy in Africa