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During what global event was Hammarskjöld Secretary-General?

  • Vietnam War

  • Korean War

  • Congo Crisis

  • Cold War

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During the Congo Crisis, Dag Hammarskjöld was serving as Secretary-General of the United Nations. The Congo Crisis was a period of political instability and conflict in the Republic of the Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) that began in 1960, shortly after the country gained independence from Belgium.
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