Table of Contents

» Introduction

Section I: Formation of the Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
» Setting the Stage; Road to Establishing the FAO; Hot Springs Conference on Food & Agriculture (May 18-June 3 1943)
» Interim Commission on Food & Agriculture (July 1943-Oct 1945); First Session of the FAO

Section II: Other United Nations Activities
» UNRRA; Atomic Energy Collaboration & Agreements; Creation of the UN; President of the UN General Assembly (1952-1953)
» Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding; Commission on International Development (1968-69); Lectures and Speeches (1969-1972); What Made Lester Pearson Successful at the UN

Section III: Selected Bibliography & Companion Documents
» On-Line Biographies of Lester B. Pearson; Other Resources
» Chart of Pearson's career in Canadian politics and at the UN (pdf) or (webpage)
» Nobel Peace Prize (1957) Acceptance speech by Lester B. Pearson
» Victor Gollancz Humanity Award (1972) Public address by Lester B. Pearson