Friday, June 1
International Plenary and Luncheon
Requires preregistration, ticket, and fee 
Preregistration fee and ticket required.
12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m.
A long-time human rights advocate and recently appointed deputy secretary-general to the United Nations, Jan Eliasson is a veteran international mediator who has been involved with mediation operations in Somalia, Sudan, Mozambique, and the Balkans.
During his time as Swedish minister for foreign affairs, he played a large role in the Middle East crisis, helping more than 8,000 Swedish citizens evacuate Lebanon in 2006.
He previously served as president of the United Nations General Assembly, Sweden's United Nations ambassador in New York, as the first UN under-secretary for humanitarian affairs, and as the UN secretary-general's personal representative in the Iran-Iraq war.
Eliasson serves as a member of the UN Secretary-General's Advocacy Group for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. As a visiting professor at Sweden's Uppsala University, Eliasson collaborates with the university to establish an exchange program with the Foreign Ministry. In addition, he is currently the chairman of WaterAid Sweden.
Look for The Go Between: Jan Eliasson and the Styles of Mediation by Isak Svensson and Peter Wallensteen in the NAFSA Bookstore.
Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture 2011 from Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation on Vimeo.
