At the outset, Canada would like to thank the President for convening this meeting. We welcome this important annual debate on Security Council reform, and we look forward to the coming round of intergovernmental negotiations. I would like to congratulate Ambassadors Alya Al-Thani and Martin Hermann…
Canada congratulates Judge Hofmański, President of the International Criminal Court, on his recent appointment and thanks him for the latest report on the work of the International Criminal Court (see A/76/293). We are very pleased to welcome his presence here in New York.
As always, the Court play…
Canada associates itself with the statement delivered by the representative of the Netherlands on behalf of a group of countries earlier this morning.
I thank the President for allowing me to speak as well in my national capacity to reaffirm Canada’s strong support for the work of the Human Rights …
I have the honour to speak today on behalf of Australia, New Zealand and my own country, Canada (CANZ).
The CANZ countries reaffirm their strong support for the important work of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, which safeguards and continues the legacy of the Internatio…
I would like to exercise our right of reply in response to the statement just made by the representative of China.
When my Foreign Minister spoke earlier today, he accurately depicted the situation as the application
of both Canadian and international law in response to a request for extradition. …
Before I begin, I would like to make a personal observation. As I address the Assembly, I am conscious that I am speaking to virtually the entire world. In my previous career I was an astronaut, and I had the opportunity to see the entire world from the vantage point of space. I have flown over all …
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of Australia, New Zealand and my own country, Canada. We would like to thank the
facilitator, the representative of the Permanent Mission of Algeria, as well as all the delegations that took part in the negotiations on resolution 75/322, on the …
I am very pleased to be here today in my capacity as the former Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) to introduce the annual report of the Peacebuilding Commission at its fourteenth session (A/75/747). The fourteenth session was a landmark year for the PBC, and my good friend
and colleague A…
I want to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this debate today. I also wish to thank in particular Ambassador Jürgenson for introducing the report of the Security Council (A/75/2) to the General Assembly.
I think it is exceptionally important for all of us to take stock of the work of the 15-m…
On behalf of Canada’s Minister of International Development, it is my great honour to present the Chair’s summary for panel 4 of
this high-level meeting, entitled “Advancing Gender Equality and Empowering Women and Girls in the AIDS Response”.
As the panel made clear, if we are serious about endin…
On the occasion of the 2021 High-level meeting on HIV/AIDS, I have the distinct honour and pleasure to introduce the pre-recorded video statement by Ms. Karina Gould, Minister of International Development of Canada.
I have been sitting here and reflecting on why we have so many amendments today. I have listened carefully to all the interventions that have been made before the voting and I have come to two conclusions.
The first conclusion is that Member States care very deeply about this issue and that is a go…
Following the rules of procedure rigorously has not been a hallmark for this process to date, to, I think, our collective chagrin. I do not think anyone is fully satisfied with how this process has been run so far. We are hopeful that we can get it back on track, and we are equally hopeful that the …
No issue since 1945 has preoccupied the Assembly more than the Israeli and Palestinian question. Canada has played an active role since the earliest days of the conflict. In the 1940s, we supported the principle of two States for two peoples. We led in the establishment of the Suez peacekeeping forc…
Canada associates itself with the statement made by the representative of Costa Rica on behalf of the members of the Group of Friends of the Responsibility to Protect.
We are pleased to be a sponsor of draft resolution A/75/L.82, on the responsibility to protect (R2P), and I encourage all Member St…
I appreciate the opportunity to speak. I would first of all like to thank Ms. Marchi- Uhel for her update to the General Assembly on the activities of the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for the Most Serious Cri…
The delegation of Canada had not planned to take the floor today, having shared its
strong views during the course of the negotiations on resolution 75/260. However, I have grown increasingly concerned by the implicit criticism I heard over the course of the past half an hour with respect to the n…
I am very pleased to deliver this statement on behalf of Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
This year will mark the thirtieth anniversary of Ukraine’s independence from the former Soviet Union. That is a milestone that in most circumstances we would be celebrating. We commend Ukraine for the progre…
The year 2020 has been particularly difficult for populations affected by the crisis. At the beginning of the year, millions of people were already dealing with conflict, climate change, natural disasters and food insecurity. The pandemic and its side effects have exacerbated those challenges, threa…
Canada again welcomes the opportunity to co-sponsor and vote in favour of draft resolution A/75/L.45, on the situation in Afghanistan.
First, we would like to thank the delegation of Germany, which once again demonstrated great skill in the negotiations over the past few weeks, especially given the…
