MCDOUGALL MEMORIAL LECTURERS |
2013 28th | 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?
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2011 27th | 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 26th | Prof. Olivier De Schutter United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food | Belgium |
| Subject: The Right to Food |
2007 25th | 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 24th | Rev. David Beckmann President of Bread for the World | United States |
| Subject: Building Political Will to end Hunger |
2003 23rd | 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 22nd | 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 21st | 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 20th | 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 19th | 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 18th | 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 17th | Jacques Attali President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development | France |
| Subject: The Planet, First Nomadic Object |
1989 16th | Giorgio Ruffolo Minister for the Environment | Italy |
| Subject: The Environment |
1987 15th | 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 14th | 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 13th | 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 12th | 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 11th | 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 10th | 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 9th | Simone Veil Minister of Health | France |
| Subject: Food and Health |
1973 8th | Saburo Okita President of the Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund | Japan |
| Subject: Food, Nutrition, Population, Economic Growth: the Need for Integrated Action |
1971 7th | Norman E. Borlaug Winner of Nobel Prize 1970 | United States of America |
| Subject: Humanity and Civilization at a New Crossroads |
1969 6th | Alberto Lleras Camargo Former President of the Republic | Colombia |
| Subject: Planetary problems |
1967 5th | 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 4th | Gunnar Myrdal Founder, Stockholm Institute of Economic Studies | Sweden |
| Subject: Twenty Years of FAO |
1963 3rd | Julius Nyierere President of the Republic | Tanganyika |
| Subject: World Economic Development from the Standpoint of the Developing Countries |
1961 2nd | John D. Rockefeller III President, Rockefeller Foundation | United States of America |
| Subject: People, Food and the Well-Being of Mankind |
1959 1st | Arnold J. Toynbee Director, Royal Institute for International Affairs | United Kingdom |
| Subject: Population and Food Supply |