The Nobel Peace Prize 1961
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Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld
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The Nobel Peace Prize 1961 was awarded to Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld "for developing the UN into an effective and constructive international organization, capable of giving life to the principles and aims expressed in the UN Charter"Dag Hammarskjöld was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize posthumously. From 1974, the Statutes of the Nobel Foundation stipulate that a Nobel Prize cannot be awarded posthumously.
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