Dhaka, Oct. 25 -- More than half a century ago, Dag Hammarskjoeld perished in the depths of Africa in his quest to bring peace to Congo. His sacrifice remains a supreme example of the lengths to which humanity can go in order to ensure the survival of the world it inhabits; and by doing so make certain that it can forge ahead in making life better, in that qualitative sense of the meaning, for itself. Hammarskjoeld was a dreamer, a near mystic who believed in the power of humankind to change the world. More importantly, it was his conviction that in a world constantly assailed by the inordinately ambitious and the plainly villainous, hope for a turn-around rested with and in the United Nations. He was not concerned that Nikita Khrushchev ...