September 1957
1957: SECRETARY-GENERAL VISITS SUEZ CANAL
September 1957 Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld is re-elected unanimously for another term of five years in September 1957. Secretary-General Dag Hamarskjöld ( taking a photograph) and Under-Secretary Ralph J. Bunche (left of Mr. Hammarskjöld) are watching the lifting of the 1,390 ton sunken tug "Edgar Bonnet", one of the most difficult obstructions in the canal. The Secretary-General visited the salavage operations during a six-day visit to Egypt. The Suez Canal had been shut down since hostilities began in Egypt late in October 1956. The United Nations salvage fleet, consisting of Dutch, Danish, Belgian, Swedish, German, Italian and Yugoslav ships, began its clearance operations on 27 December 1956.
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