Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture with WHO Director-General
WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus during a visit to Chad in 2024, here with Minister of Health Abdel-Madjid Abderahim. Photo: WHO
The Director-General of the World Health Organisation, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, will give an open lecture in Uppsala on Friday 28 November. The title of the lecture is “Multilateralism, Health and Peace: Past Achievements, Present Difficulties, Future Hope”. The lecture is open to the public and will be followed by a panel discussion.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Photo: WHO
The Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture is an annual event. It is held in memory of Dag Hammarskjöld (1905–1961) and the values for which he stood in his endeavours: compassion, humanism, and international solidarity and cooperation. Hammarskjöld studied history, economics and law at Uppsala University, obtaining a doctorate in economics in 1934. He was appointed the second Secretary-General of the United Nations in 1953 and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1961 for his contributions to peacekeeping within the UN.
Director-General of WHO
The lecture will be given by this year’s Dag Hammarskjöld Medallist, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO). The title of the lecture is Multilateralism, Health and Peace: Past Achievements, Present Difficulties, Future Hope. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus took office in 2017 and was the first person from the WHO African Region to become Director-General. Previously, he served as Minister of Health (2005–2012) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (2012–2016) in Ethiopia and worked for many years on global health initiatives such as the fight against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
Elin Bäckström
Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture 2025
Lecture title: Multilateralism, Health and Peace: Past Achievements, Present Difficulties, Future Hope. The lecture and subsequent discussion will be held in English.
Date and time: 28 November, 17:00–18:30. Doors open at 16:30.
Venue: Grand Auditorium, Biskopsgatan 3, Uppsala.
The lecture is open to the public. Free entry.
The Dag Hammarskjöld lectures are organised by the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation and Uppsala University. The lecture is arranged in collaboration with the students’ associations Uppsala Association of Foreign Affairs and Pax et Bellum.