Protecting Refugees in an Age of Global Insecurity

Date & Time: March 13, 2019 | 12:30 AM – July 16, 2024 | 10:20 PM

Location: Sutliff Auditorium

The Center for Security Research and Education (CSRE) is welcoming Dr. Jan Egeland, Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council, for a talk at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 12, in the Sutliff Auditorium of the Lewis Katz Building.

Jan Egeland has been the Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council since August 2013. In 2015 he was appointed as Special Adviser to the UN Special Envoy for Syria. Within this position he chaired the humanitarian task force responsible for the safety and protection of Syrian civilians. He stepped down from this role in December 2018.

Egeland’s talk, “Protecting refugees in an age of global insecurity,” is free and open to the public. No registration required.