I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, as your assumption of the presidency of the Council this month and also the new members of the Council: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Gabon, Lebanon and Nigeria.
The New Year coincides with a new beginning for Afghanistan. The past year has seen ma…
Today, I have the honour to address the General Assembly on behalf of Canada, Australia and New Zealand (CANZ). Let me begin by congratulating Ambassador Momen of Bangladesh on his appointment as facilitator of the second biennial review of the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. On behalf of CANZ, l…
Canada welcomes this important opportunity to focus on the progress made and the challenges remaining in addressing the vulnerabilities of small island developing States.
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It has been five years since the adoption of the Mauritius Strategy, and while much has been accomplished, t…
The purpose of United Nations resolutions on the role of diamonds in fuelling conflicts has been to provide a comprehensive review and update of the main items of discussion and decisions adopted at the Kimberley Process sessions in a given year. Canada has joined consensus in order to support the K…
I am still seeking a clarification under the point of order. If a delegation does not agree with a proposed paragraph, should it not be proposing an amendment, such that then we would be voting on the clear amendment? Is that not the normal procedure?
It is my honour to address the General Assembly today on behalf of Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Allow me to begin by thanking Namibia for its tenure as Chair of the Kimberley Process in 2009. The theme selected by Namibia, “Diamonds for development”, served as a timely reminder of the critica…
On behalf of the Canadian people, I should like to begin by offering my deepest condolences to all those who have been and are still so cruelly affected by the terrible natural disaster in Pakistan.
I thank the President of the General Assembly for having convened this meeting.
The floods in Pakis…
If there has been one constant in the work undertaken by humanitarian actors, it is that it occurs in an ever- shifting operating environment. Indeed, looking back not even 20 years to the adoption of our humanitarian framework resolution 46/182, we see that this landscape has altered significantly.…
It gives me great pleasure to be here today to talk about Canada’s support for the resolutions on sustainable fisheries (A/64/L.29) and oceans and the law of the sea (A/64/L.18) and to discuss some of the issues of importance to Canada.
I should like to begin by thanking Ms. Koehler of the United S…
At the outset, I would like to commend the Chairperson of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), Ambassador Muñoz of Chile, for his strong and effective leadership and for his presentation today.
We now have three years of experience with the Peacebuilding Commission since the 2005 World Summit Outcom…
Today’s debate on the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) and the Peacebuilding Fund is an important opportunity to reflect on the incremental successes of the United Nations peacebuilding architecture and to consider what improvements can be made as we embark on the 2010 PCB review process. For Canada, …
I am privileged to speak today on behalf of Canada, Australia and New Zealand (CANZ). Canada, Australia and New Zealand welcome the adoption of resolution 64/184. We would like to thank Ambassadors Badji and Staur for so ably steering this resolution. We would like to commend the constructive atmosp…
I thank the President for convening this important meeting. Canada welcomes this opportunity to share our views on the annual report of the Security Council and also to return to the important issue of Security Council reform.
The report of the Security Council (A/64/2) makes it clear that the comp…
Canada is pleased to participate in this morning’s
debate on the culture of peace. This agenda item covers a large number of initiatives that advance the cause of peace by encouraging dialogue between cultures and religions. We would like to thank Bangladesh, the Philippines and Pakistan for submit…
Canada is pleased to be among the sponsors of draft resolution A/64/L.8, on the situation in Afghanistan. Once again this year, we warmly welcome the fact that the draft resolution will be adopted by consensus, thus reaffirming the collective commitment of all United Nations Member States to Afghani…
Canada was concerned about the unbalanced nature of the mandate of the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict when it was first considered in that it did not clearly call for investigation of both sides and did not recognize that rocket fire on Israel led to the crisis. In commissi…
Canada welcomes this important draft resolution in support of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) (A/64/L.6*). We are pleased to be part of a long list of like-minded sponsors who continue to support the Commission through voluntary contributions. Further, the represe…
As President and Chief Executive Officer of the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, I have the honour of introducing to the General Assembly today the draft resolution entitled
“Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal” (A…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Canada, Australia and New Zealand welcome the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the United Nations Comprehensive Strategy on Assistance and Support to Victims of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by United…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of Canada, Australia and New Zealand — the CANZ delegations.
First, Canada, Australia and New Zealand pay tribute to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), whose pioneering …
