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Hammarskjöld was posthumously made an honorary member of which institution?

  • Harvard Law Review

  • Swedish Academy

  • United Nations Security Council

  • National Academy of Sciences

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The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is an American non-profit organization that honors distinguished scholars and scientists. Dag Hammarskjöld, the second Secretary-General of the United Nations, was posthumously elected as an honorary member of the NAS in 1961 in recognition of his outstanding contributions to science and diplomacy.
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