Tony P. Hall

Three times nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, Ambassador Tony P. Hall is one of the leading advocates for hunger relief programs and improving international human rights conditions in the world. As the chief of the U.S. Mission to the U.N. Agencies in Rome, the World Food Program (WFP), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Ambassador Hall is responsible for putting into action Americas commitment to alleviate hunger and build hope in the world. Prior to entering the diplomatic corps, Mr. Hall of Dayton, Ohio, was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. He represented the people of the Third District of Ohio for almost twenty-four years. In Congress, he was the chairman of the House Select Committee on Hunger and the Democratic Caucus Task Force on Hunger. He is also the founder and was chairman of the Congressional Hunger Center, a non-governmental organization dedicated to fighting hunger by developing leaders. Ambassador Hall has spent time in more than 110 countries ranging from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. He was the first Member of Congress to visit Ethiopia during the great famine of 1984-5. He has visited North Korea six times since 1995 and was one of the first Western officials to see the famine outside of the capital, Pyongyang. In 2000, he became the first Member of Congress to visit Iraq in order to investigate the humanitarian situation.

Recorded on Friday, September 22, 2006, 2:00pm EST

Yale Divinity School
Marquand Chapel
New Haven, Connecticut
Length: 88 minutes