Introduction / Kofi A. Anman
pt. 1. Dag Hammarskjöld. The Secretary-General - why Dag Hammarskjöld? / Sir Brian Urquhart
The road to the UN - the emergence of the international civil servant / Hans Landberg
International negotiator: mission Beijing / Qu Xing
Nikita Khrushchev and Dag Hammarskjöld / Sergei Khrushchev
The Swedish government and Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld / Sverker Åström
Nature and culture: two necessities of life / Per Lind and Bengt Thelin
Dag Hammarskjöld and Markings / KG Hammar
pt. 2. What can we learn from Dag Hammarskjöld? The quest for a political philosophy of world organisation / Manuel Fröhlich
The role of the Secretary-General / Shashi Tharoor
An independent international civil service / James O.C. Jonah
The peacekeeper / Jean-Marie Guéhenno
International leadership and charisma / Dorothy V. Jones
pt. 3. Challenges facing the UN. Public opinion on a dynamic world organisation / Ronald Inglehart and Thorleif Pettersson
Poverty and inequality - challenges in the era of globalisation / Sakiko Fukuda-Parr
Sustainable development - a concept for peace-building? / Margot Wallström
No peace without justice / Elizabeth Odio-Benito
Gender equality and the UN / Angela E.V. King
Preventive diplomacy / Jan Eliasson and Peter Wallensteen
The responsibility to protect: rethinking humanitarian intervention / Gareth Evans
Shooting the elephant: the UN and the dilemma of nation-building / Nadezhda Mihaylova and Ivan Krastev
The UN and the fight against terrorism / Jane Boulden
Weapons of mass destruction / Hans Blix
The role of the UN in an age of US hegemony / Nancy E. Soderberg
The future. Dag Hammarskjöld's assumptions and the future of the UN / Lord Skidelsky
With Dag Hammarskjöld to guide us: a vision of peace and security / Malin Herwig.
