Wash A well-known peace negotiator and figure in international politics will present the annual Bjug Harstad Memorial Lecture at Pacific Lutheran University next Thursday. He is best known for his role as United Nations peace negotiator in former Yugoslavia from 1993-1996. He also served in the UN as high commissioner for refugees and ended his political and diplomatic career as Norway s ambassador to Denmark. Future International Developments Seen from Norway.
Admission is free.
The Harstad lecture was established in memory of PLU s founder and first president, Bjug Harstad. His family created an endowment to fund the lecture series and help carry out Harstad s wish that Scandinavian Americans not lose touch with their ancestral culture and traditions.