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More Flavor: Lecture Jan Egeland: A Billion Lives

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Jan Egeland, the former UN Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, knows something about altruism. Since he helped to initiate the 1992 talks that led to the Oslo Accord, Egeland has embedded himself in the world's fiercest conflicts. At the UN, he had to contend with 2004's Indian Ocean tsunami, a disaster that required unprecedented relief coordination and left him leveling unsparing criticisms at the West's moral failings. It's this tenacity in the face of strife and apathy that caused TIME magazine to describe Egeland as "the world's conscience." At the World Affairs Council, he reads from his new book, and speaks about the challenges threatening peace processes and humanitarian aid.

– Max Goldberg

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