I would like to thank France and the United Kingdom for convening this important meeting on strategic force generation and for inviting Canada to brief the Council on the upcoming Peacekeeping Defence Ministerial Meeting in the beautiful city of Vancouver.
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I would also like to t…
Canada applauds the ongoing efforts of the General Assembly and Member States to address the complex global issue of trafficking in persons, including through the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons. We are committed to this fight both at home and abroad. Canada was…
I thank you, Mr. President, for this opportunity to address the Security Council. Canada thanks the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Yamamoto, for his insightful briefing.
Canada fully endorses the statement of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, but I would add some
additional poi…
Before I begin, in the light of Tuesday’s earthquake in Mexico, I would like to offer Canada’s condolences to all families and friends in mourning. We wish a speedy recovery for all those who were injured and thank all first responders for their tireless efforts to help keep people safe. Our thought…
I make this statement on behalf of Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
In line with the outcome document of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples (WCIP) and with the aims of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, we strongly believe that indigenous peoples have the …
I have the honour to speak today on behalf of Australia, Canada and New Zealand.
On 15 June, our three countries welcomed the General Assembly’s adoption of resolution 71/291, which created the Office of Counter-Terrorism and a new Under-Secretary-General position. We are pleased to see quick actio…
Canada was proud to co-sponsor resolution 71/161 B and to continue to actively support the United Nations efforts in fighting cholera in Haiti. In that regard, we thank the Secretary- General for his most recent report (A/71/895), on the new United Nations approach to cholera in Haiti and for his on…
I thank you, Sir, for this opportunity to address the Security Council. I would also like to thank Special Representative Yamamoto for his insightful briefing.
I would like to begin by offering my sincere condolences to the Government and the people of Afghanistan affected by ongoing terrorist atta…
I have the honour to speak today on behalf of Australia and New Zealand as well as my own country, Canada. We welcome the General Assembly’s adoption today of resolution 71/291 and its creation of the Office of Counter-Terrorism and a position for a new Under-Secretary-General. This update of the Un…
Canada takes great pride in its support for the 2016 Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: On the Fast Track to Accelerating the Fight against HIV and to Ending the AIDS Epidemic by 2030, including the strategy for
acceleration of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). We reaffir…
Canada is pleased to once again support the draft resolution on the status of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia, and the Tskhinvali region in South Ossetia, Georgia (A/71/L.71). Today’s important draft resolution is designed to remind the international community…
Since today we are considering the suffering of civilians who have been harmed or displaced by conflict, we take this opportunity to emphasize the urgency need to help the more than 20 million people who are currently facing famine, in large part thanks to conflicts that have been permitted to conti…
I am pleased to speak on behalf of the Group of Friends of Women and Peace and Security, an informal network of 53 Member States chaired by Canada, representing all five regional groups of the United Nations.
We thank Uruguay for organizing today’s open debate. We would also like to thank Ms. Zaina…
I have the honour to deliver this joint explanation of position on behalf of Australia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, New Zealand and my own country, Canada.
Let me begin by thanking the co-facilitators for their work in bringing resolution 71/287 forward. We appreciate their efforts.
Our delegations jo…
I thank the Ambassador of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines for his leadership on the submission of draft resolution A/71/L.61/Rev.1. I also pay tribute to Mr. You Dong Peng, Vice-Minister
of the State Forestry Administration of China, and thank him for his leadership and for being here today.
In o…
Allow me to join Canada’s voice to others in expressing our condolences to Egypt and Sweden.
Let me begin by highlighting the immense task that has been accomplished by the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) since 2004
with regard to stability and security in Haiti. In that r…
For most of us in this Hall, crossing a border is little more than an administrative nuisance. And yet, last year, close to 8,000 people died in their attempts to cross an international border. Two thirds of them lost their lives in the Mediterranean alone. We can only imagine the courage that those…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of Australia, New Zealand and my own country, Canada.
First, let me begin my thanking the co-facilitators, Switzerland and Mexico, for their open, transparent, cooperative and collaborative approach to preparing the modalities resolution 71/280.…
I thank you, Sir, for this opportunity to address the Security Council. Canada would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary General, Mr. Yamamoto, for his insightful briefing.
I would also like to welcome Ms. Sima Samar, Chair of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission. Ca…
Following the death of our colleague, Ambassador Churkin, I would like to begin by expressing my most sincere condolences to his wife, Irina, his family, the entire Russian mission and the Russian people for their great loss. In addition to his exceptional legacy here at the United Nations, Vitaly C…
