It is my honour and privilege to address the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session. The breadth and depth of the deliberations held over the past week has reminded us of the unique importance of the General Assembly. No other platform affords the full expression of such a diversity of voice…
I thank you, Mr. President and your team, and all of today’s briefers.
Canada was pleased to welcome Special Representative Yamamoto at the meeting of the Group of Friends of Afghanistan yesterday. As always,
we welcome his comments and are grateful for his leadership role in the United Nations As…
First of all, on behalf of Canada, allow me to extend my deepest condolences to the families of the victims and the Government and the people of Burkina Faso following the recent terrorist attacks. We express our full solidarity with Burkina Faso.
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I thank you, Mr. President, for…
Allow me to start by congratulating Poland on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of August and to thank the Foreign Minister for his personal participation in this open debate.
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I would also like to commend and congratulate Peru for its success…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of New Zealand, Australia and my own country, Canada.
We welcome this commemoration of the twenty- fifth anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and the Cairo Programme of Action, which encompassed a rang…
I would like to thank the delegation of Peru for organizing
today’s open debate on the linkages between international terrorism and organized crime.
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I would also like to thank the briefers for their insightful interventions and, through them, their teams, for their continued en…
Canada thanks the President of the General Assembly and the Chef de Cabinet to the Secretary-General for their statements (see A/73/PV.93), as well as Denmark and Qatar for their leadership of the Group of Friends of the Responsibility to Protect.
The responsibility to protect (R2P) is a disarmingl…
First of all, I would like to thank Special Representative Yamamoto for his informative briefing on the situation in Afghanistan. His analysis helps us all to better support Afghanistan during this critical period ahead of the presidential elections. I was fortunate to have received a more detailed …
Allow me to say a few words to commemorate the 14,000 Canadians who stormed Juno Beach on 6 June 1944. They joined British, American and French allies in the massive D-Day amphibious assault on the beaches of Normandy. Some 5,000 Canadians died during the Battle of Normandy. I would like to quote fr…
Twenty years ago, when the protection of civilians agenda was first introduced in the Security Council, Mr. Lloyd Axworthy, then Canadian Minister for Foreign Affairs, said that the ultimate aim of the Council’s work was to safeguard the security of the world’s people, not just the States in which t…
Canada has taken note of the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice (see A/73/773), and we thank the Court for its contribution to the activities of the Assembly. As close friends of Mauritius and the United Kingdom, we encourage them to continue their dialogue and redouble their eff…
I wish a Ramadan Mubarak to all who observe and celebrate this month of Ramadan. Germany brought light, and now Indonesia has brought beautiful colour, to the Council Chamber, so it is clear that we can count on the elected members to innovate. I thank them also for their leadership.
I commend Indo…
Before I begin, I would like to express our heartfelt condolences to the Government and the people of Sri Lanka. We stand in solidarity with them and with the families of the victims at this difficult time.
Each of us here today comes from somewhere. We each have our own stories to tell about our h…
Let me point out that I have two statements to deliver today. The first will be made on behalf of a group of countries and the second in my national capacity.
I am pleased to speak on behalf of 55 Member States, representing all five regional groups of the United Nations.
On the tenth anniversary …
I would like to thank Ms. Marchi-Uhel and the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law Committed in the Syrian Arab Republic since March 2011 for today’s briefing and f…
For Canada, multilateralism represents the best way to build a more peaceful, prosperous and inclusive world. As an ardent defender of the rules-based world order, Canada strongly supports multilateral forums such as the United Nations and the International Organization of la Francophonie (IOF). We …
I am pleased to speak on behalf of the Group of Friends of Women, Peace and Security — an informal network of 57 interested Member States, chaired by Canada, representing all five regional groups at the United Nations.
Including women in United Nations peace operations is both the right and the sma…
I congratulate you, Sir, on your leadership and reforms. They may be small steps for humankind, but they are giant ones for the Security Council.
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I thank the members of the Security Council for holding this important debate on the future of the United Nations Mission for Justice …
I would like to thank Turkey for bringing forward this important draft resolution (A/73/L.79). I would also like to thank Foreign Minister Çavuşoğlu for his presence in the Hall today and his personal introduction of the draft resolution.
Terrorism in all its forms is something that we must condemn…
I would like to begin by thanking France for organizing today’s open debate. Canada is proud to have co-sponsored resolution 2462 (2019) adopted this morning. We believe that it will contribute to strengthening our collective efforts to combat terrorism in all its forms.
Today I would like to highl…
