Lecturers | FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

MCDOUGALL MEMORIAL LECTURERS
2015 29^th	M. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva President of Istituto Lula Ex Presidente de la República	Brazil
	Subject: No title. The speaker outlined the new challenges of fighting hunger.
2013 28^th	Amartya Sen is Thomas W. Lamont University Professor, and Professor of Economics and Philosophy, at Harvard University and was until 2004 the Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. He is also Senior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows. Earlier on he was Professor of Economics at Jadavpur University Calcutta, the Delhi School of Economics, and the London School of Economics, and Drummond Professor of Political Economy at Oxford University. Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics, 1998	India
	Subject: Why Is There So Much Hunger in the World?
2011 27^th	Kofi Atta Annan Chairperson of the Board, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa and former Secretary-General of the United Nations	Ghana
	Subject: Delivering Global Food and Nutrition Security – The Challenge of our Time
2009 26^th	Prof. Olivier De Schutter United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food	Belgium
	Subject: The Right to Food
2007 25^th	Moussa Hussein Abdullah Al-Sarraf Minister of Public Works and State (on behalf of His Highness Sheikh Nasser Al Mohamed Al Ahmad Al Sabah, Prime Minister of Kuwait)	Kuwait
	Subject: No title. The speaker called for renewed efforts to achieve the goals of eradicating poverty, food insecurity and malnutrition.
2005 24^th	Rev. David Beckmann President of Bread for the World	United States of America
	Subject: Building Political Will to end Hunger
2003 23^rd	Dr. Dato’ Seri Mahathir bin Mohamad Prime Minister of Malaysia	Malaysia
	Subject: No title. The speaker expressed ideas on economic aid within the United Nations system and in particular emphasized the importance of gathering and managing funds for construction of the infrastructure needed for the enrichment of poor countries.
2001 22^nd	Patricio Aylwin Azócar Former President of the Republic of Chile	Chile
	Subject: No title. The speaker evoked the figure of Frank L. McDougall, his ideas and his hopes regarding the food and agriculture situation.
1999 21^st	Boutros-Boutros Ghali Secretary-General of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie Former United Nations Secretary-General	Egypt
	Subject: No title. The speaker outlined the new challenges of democracy, State and globalization. He also talked about the role of the United Nations in today’s world.
1997 20^th	El Hadj Omar Bongo President of the Republic	Gabon
	Subject: No title. The speaker emphasized the responsibility of each government for creating an enabling economic and political environment for enhanced food security for each and everyone.
1995 19^th	Gian Tommaso Scarascia Mugnozza President of the National Academy of Sciences Rector of the University of Tuscia	Italy
	Subject: Protection of Biological Diversity and Conservation and Use of Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: Potential and Outlook.
1993 18^th	Elias Hraoui President of the Republic	Lebanon
	Subject: The Evolution of Humanity, Originally Agricultural, in the Light of Progress, Cooperation, International Trade and the Role Played by FAO During the Terms of Office of the Outgoing Director-General.
1991 17^th	Jacques Attali President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development	France
	Subject: The Planet, First Nomadic Object
1989 16^th	Giorgio Ruffolo Minister for the Environment	Italy
	Subject: The Environment
1987 15^th	Jean Mayer President, Tufts University	United States of America
	Subject: No title. The speaker drew attention to the current economic crisis, the need for economic revival and the importance of multilateral aid.
1985 14^th	Alan García Pérez President of the Republic	Peru
	Subject: No title. The speaker highlighted the situation in Peru and stressed that the resources of developing countries should be used serve primarily for their economic revival.
1983 13^th	Bruno Kreisky Former Federal Chancellor	Austria
	Subject: No title. The speaker drew a parallel between the depression of the 1930s, the Marshall Plan and the current economic situation. He appealed for greater financial aid to developing countries.
1981 12^th	Shrimati Indira Gandhi Prime Minister	India
	Subject: No title. The speaker expounded the need to attain self-sufficiency, especially in the context of food security.
1979 11^th	Kenneth D. Kaunda President of the Republic	Zambia
	Subject: No title. The speaker emphasized the urgent need to eliminate hunger from the world and to establish a new international economic order.
1977 10^th	Andrew Young Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipoteniary Permanent Representative to the United Nations	United States of America
	Subject: No title. The speaker dealt with problems relating to small farmers and rural poverty.
1975 9^th	Simone Veil Minister of Health	France
	Subject: Food and Health
1973 8^th	Saburo Okita President of the Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund	Japan
	Subject: Food, Nutrition, Population, Economic Growth: the Need for Integrated Action
1971 7^th	Norman E. Borlaug Winner of Nobel Prize 1970	United States of America
	Subject: Mankind and Civilization at a New Crossroads
1969 6^th	Alberto Lleras Camargo Former President of the Republic	Colombia
	Subject: Planetary problems
1967 5^th	G.U. Papi Rector of the University of Rome Last Secretary General of the International Institute of Agriculture	Italy
	Subject: How to Resolve the World Food Crisis
1965 4^th	Gunnar Myrdal Founder, Stockholm Institute of Economic Studies	Sweden
	Subject: Twenty Years of FAO
1963 3^rd	Julius Nyierere President of the Republic	Tanganyika
	Subject: World Economic Development from the Standpoint of the Developing Countries
1961 2^nd	John D. Rockefeller III President, Rockefeller Foundation	United States of America
	Subject: People, Food and the Well-Being of Mankind
1959 1^st	Arnold J. Toynbee Director, Royal Institute for International Affairs	United Kingdom
	Subject: Population and Food Supply

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