U Thant, Basil Yakolev and Marc Chagall, United Nations

Sep. 09, 1964 - Staff Memorial to Dag Hammarskjold and 15 Who Died With Him United Nations, New York, 11 September 1964. A stained glass panel by the French artist Marc Chagall will be unveiled at United Nations Headquarters on 17 September as a memorial to former Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold and the 15 other who died with him in 1961 in a plane crash at Ndola, Northern Rhodesia. The ceremony will mark the third anniversary of the accident. The memorial will be unveiled by Secretary General U Thant in the south eastern section of the lobby of the Secretariat building, facing the East River. Creation of the memorial has been made possible by United Nations Staff members at Headquarters and abroad, who to date have donated 7, 000 in response to an appeal launched soon after Mr. Hammarskjold's death by a committee of the United Nations Staff Council. The panel, which is about 15 feet wide and 12 feet high, depicts conceptions of the artist on the themes of peace and man. Mr. Marc Chagall (right) discussing his art work with Secretary General U Thant (left), and Mr. Basil Yakolev, Chairman of the Staff Memorial Committee

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