I am pleased to speak on behalf of the Group of Friends of Children and Armed Conflict, an informal network of 40 interested Member States that represents all five regional groups at the United Nations.
The Group of Friends wishes to reiterate its very strong support for the Children and Armed Conf…
Canada welcomes the opportunity to participate in this important debate on peacebuilding in Africa and its particular focus on institution-building. We know from experience that strengthening national institutions is essential to managing conflict and breaking cycles of violence and fragility. We al…
The 10-year review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy provides an opportunity to take stock of the efforts of the international community over the past decade. We have certainly made progress on many fronts; however, in spite of those achievements, global terrorism has escalated…
I wish to express my appreciation for this opportunity to address the Security Council.
Canada thanks the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) for its ongoing crucial work in Afghanistan and welcomes the latest report (S/2016/532) of the Secretary-General to the Security Council…
I would like to thank France, in its capacity as President of the Security Council, as well as you personally, Sir, for affording me this opportunity to address the Council on the subject of the protection of civilians in United Nations peacekeeping operations. This initiative by France is necessary…
Canada joins the consensus and endorses the Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS (resolution 70/266, annex), but let us be clear — we must go further. It is Canada’s intention to do so. For us, the successful implementation of the Political Declaration rests on three key elements: first, we must ex…
Canada is pleased to join others in our support for the 2016 Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS (resolution 70/266, annex). We commend the efforts of the co-facilitators and the collaborative spirit of all delegations, which helped us to arrive at consensus. We also want to thank civil society fo…
Canada is pleased to once again support the draft resolution on the status of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia, and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia (A/70/L.51). We are encouraged by Georgia’s continued efforts in promoting, immediate, full, sustained and …
Canada welcomes this debate on sexual violence in conflict, which focuses in particular on trafficking in human beings, in anticipation of the commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, which will take place on 19 June.
Unfortunately, we know that sex…
We thank the Egyptian presidency for the opportunity to speak on the important issues of peace and security cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union (AU).
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In the decade since the signing of the 2006 Declaration on Enhancing UN-AU Cooperation, both organizatio…
I would like to thank the Egyptian delegation for convening today’s debate on this important and relevant topic. The concept note (S/2016/416, annex) was helpful and raised several important issues. At the outset, I would emphasize that in the experience and approach of Canada violent extremism cann…
I would like to begin by thanking the President for overseeing this important process and by congratulating the co-facilitators, Australia and Angola, for shepherding it towards such a strong outcome. I would also like to thank the Permanent Representatives of Kenya and Sweden, the Chair and Vice-Ch…
I am honoured to speak on behalf of Canada in this debate on the role of women in the prevention and resolution of conflict in Africa. We see this debate as an important and logical initiative aimed at giving meaning in the African context to the international women and peace and security agenda in …
We thank the Angolan presidency for the opportunity to speak on the important issue of preventing and resolving conflict in the Great Lakes region. As Goal 16 of the Sustainable Development Goals clearly indicates, peace and security are indissociable from governance and development. As the citizens…
I would like to express my appreciation for this opportunity to address the Security Council.
Canada thanks the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) for its ongoing critical work and welcomes the latest report (S/2016/218) of the Secretary-General. Canada is grateful to Special …
The 2015 review of the peacebuilding architecture, along with the concurrent reviews of peace operations and of resolution 1325 (2000), have enabled us to draw important and complementary conclusions. Preventing violent conflict and the achievement of sustainable peace must remain at the forefront o…
At the outset, allow me, on behalf of the Government of Canada, to extend our deepest condolences to the families and friends of those persons killed in the recent attack in Ouagadougou, among them six Canadian humanitarian aid workers and volunteers. We wish a speedy recovery to all those who were …
Canada considers the 2016 high-level meeting on HIV/AIDS to be an important event for the engagement of leaders in order to accelerate a comprehensive response to HIV/AIDS. We would like to thank the President of the General Assembly, the co-Chairs — Zambia and Switzerland — and colleagues for the h…
Canada welcomes the latest report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (S/2015/942), which provides a good overview of developments in the country. We wish to thank the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and Special Representative of …
The Government of Canada is honoured to participate in the General Assembly’s review of progress made since the World Summit on the Information Society. We thank the Permanent Representatives from the Missions of Latvia and the United Arab Emirates for leading the very important discussions.
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