Context: John Van Hanford III ( born c. 1954 ) was United States Ambassador - at - Large for International Religious Freedom from 2002 to 2009 . As ambassador , Hanford led the Office of International Religious Freedom at the United States Department of State . The Office of International Religious Freedom and position of Ambassador - at - Large for International Religious Freedom were created under the provisions of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 . Hanford was the second ambassador . He was appointed to the post in May 2002 by President George W. Bush and served until 2009 ., The Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom is the ambassador-at-large who heads the Office of International Religious Freedom in the United States Department of State., The United States Department of State (DOS), often referred to as the State Department, is the United States federal executive department that advises the President and leads the country in foreign policy issues. Equivalent to the foreign ministry of other countries, the State Department is responsible for the international relations of the United States, negotiates treaties and agreements with foreign entities, and represents the United States at the United Nations. The Department was created in 1789 and was the first executive department established., An ambassador-at-large is a diplomat of the highest rank or a minister who is accredited to represent his country internationally., International relations (IR) or international affairs, depending on academic institution, is either a field of political science, an interdisciplinary academic field similar to global studies, or an entirely independent academic discipline in which students take a variety of internationally focused courses in social science and humanities disciplines. In both cases, the field studies relationships between "political entities" (polities) such as states, sovereign states, empires, inter-governmental organizations (IGOs), international non-governmental organizations (INs), non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and multinational corporations (MNCs), and the wider world-systems produced by this interaction. International relations is an academic and a public policy field, and so can be positive and normative, because it analyzes and formulates the foreign policy of a given State., The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization to promote international co-operation. A replacement for the ineffective League of Nations, the organization was established on 24 October 1945 after World War II in order to prevent another such conflict. At its founding, the UN had 51 member states; there are now 193. The headquarters of the United Nations is in Manhattan, New York City, and experiences extraterritoriality. Further main offices are situated in Geneva, Nairobi, and Vienna. The organization is financed by assessed and voluntary contributions from its member states. Its objectives include maintaining international peace and security, promoting human rights, fostering social and economic development, protecting the environment, and providing humanitarian aid in cases of famine, natural disaster, and armed conflict., Subject: john hanford, Relation: occupation, Options: (A) academic (B) ambassador (C) diplomat (D) member (E) minister (F) president (G) religious (H) science
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