The next UN secretary-general: Who would want ‘the most impossible job on earth’?
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Source: Middle East Eye
Published: 2026-09-13 20:57 UTC+10:00
Section: General
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Politics, Elections, World News
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In April 1953, Norwegian UN secretary-general Trygve Lie was at New York’s Idlewild Airport to meet his successor. "Welcome, Dag Hammarskjold, to the most impossible job on this earth," he greeted the Swedish diplomat.
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