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[[File:Dag Hammarskjold Memorial Site.jpg|thumb|Dag Hammarskjold Memorial Site]] | [[File:Dag Hammarskjold Memorial Site.jpg|thumb|Dag Hammarskjold Memorial Site]] | ||
[[File:Dag Hammarskjold-2.jpg|thumb|Dag Hammarskjold in 1959]] | [[File:Dag Hammarskjold-2.jpg|thumb|Dag Hammarskjold in 1959]] | ||
The '''Dag Hammarskjöld Memorial Crash Site''' marks the place of the plane crash in which | The '''Dag Hammarskjöld Memorial Crash Site''' marks the place of the plane crash in which Dag Hammarskjöld, the second and then-incumbent United Nations Secretary General (1953–1961) was killed on 17 September 1961, while on a mission to the Congo Republic (now Democratic Republic of the Congo). The Site is located 10 km from [[Ndola]], in the [[Copperbelt Province]] of [[Zambia]].<ref name="whc.unesco.org">[http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/867/ Dag Hammarskjoeld Memorial (Crash site) - UNESCO World Heritage Centre]</ref> | ||
==Site description== | ==Site description== | ||
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Coordinates: 12°58.4935' S Lat., 28°31.3589' E Long., 10 km south-west of Ndola on the Dag Hammarskjoeld memorial access road from Ndola-Kitwe Dual carriage way. | Coordinates: 12°58.4935' S Lat., 28°31.3589' E Long., 10 km south-west of Ndola on the Dag Hammarskjoeld memorial access road from Ndola-Kitwe Dual carriage way. | ||
Göran Björkdahl interviewed several witnesses around the crash site in the 2000s and studied archival documents related to the Katanga crisis. He wrote in 2011 that he believed | Göran Björkdahl interviewed several witnesses around the crash site in the 2000s and studied archival documents related to the Katanga crisis. He wrote in 2011 that he believed Dag Hammarskjöld's death was a murder committed in part to benefit mining companies like [[Union Minière du Haut Katanga|Union Minière]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/17/dag-hammarskjold-un-secretary-general-crash|title=Dag Hammarskjöld: evidence suggests UN chief's plane was shot down|date=2011-08-17|accessdate=2011-08-17|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/17/dag-hammarskjold-crash-goran-bjorkdahl I have no doubt Dag Hammarskjöld's plane was brought down], Göran Björkdahl, ''The Guardian'', 2011 Aug 17</ref> | ||
==World Heritage Status== | ==World Heritage Status== | ||
