I would like to thank Equatorial Guinea for having organized today’s open debate on the African Union’s Silencing the Guns initiative.
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Guns are the weapon of choice in most conflicts around the world. For many communities across Africa, they are the true weapons of mass destruct…
I thank you, Sir, for inviting Canada to join today’s debate.
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Many thanks to Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for an excellent and sobering briefing.
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Canada welcomes the opportunity to discuss Venezuela in the Security Council. Since we last met on this issue …
Canada welcomes the opportunity to discuss Venezuela in the Council. Given the severity of the worsening crisis and its grave impacts on the people of Venezuela and on the security and stability of the region, our discussion today is timely.
Together with democratic countries around the world, incl…
First of all, I want to thank you, Mr. President, for the invitation to discuss the impact of climate change on the security of our planet. This is an urgent and essential discussion. I thank the Dominican Republic for taking up this important leadership.
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Climate change is the d…
During the 2005 World Summit, Heads of State and
Government adopted a declaration with a section entitled “Responsibility to protect populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity”. The tangible effect of the implementation of that declaration, which the General…
One of Canada’s core foreign policy priorities is to uphold the rules- based international order, which has endured the past seven decades, by working with our partners to promote peace, security and prosperity in the world. An important part of that order is the work that we undertake to advance no…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Kingdom of Morocco for its exceptional leadership and hospitality in Marrakech last week. Secondly, I want to thank and commend Ambassadors Lauber and Gómez Camacho for their resilience and
leadership in facilitating the drafting of this historic compact. An…
The commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of the Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms provides a great opportunity to reflect on the progress that has been mad…
I would first like to thank Special Representative Yamamoto and Ms. Ghizaal Haress for their insightful briefings. I would also like to thank the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011) for their…
I would like to thank the Permanent Representative of Spain and to say that I wholeheartedly agree with everything he said.
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The scale and complexity of today’s humanitarian crises are unprecedented. They must be met with a robust humanitarian response that genuinely meets the nee…
I will deliver this statement in two parts. I have the honour to deliver the first part of this statement on behalf of Argentina, Australia, Colombia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Mexico, New Zealand, Switzerland, Uruguay and my own country, Canada.
We deeply regret that the agreed language related to s…
Canada strongly supports resolution 73/135 and its objective of strengthening cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). However, we wish to dissociate ourselves from the fourth preambular paragraph, as Canada opposes initiatives at the United Nations a…
I would like to take this opportunity to thank Ms. Natalie Morris- Sharma and Mr. Andreas Kravik, who ably coordinated the informal consultations on the draft resolutions on the oceans and the law of the sea (A/73/L.35) and on sustainable fisheries (A/73/L.41), respectively.
Canada is committed to …
At the outset, I would like to join other speakers in thanking Côte d’Ivoire for having organized this open debate, as well as yesterday’s debate, which was presided over by President Ouattara (see S/PV.8413). I can think of no more critical subject to discuss in this Chamber.
The prevention of vio…
The fact that today a plurality of countries condemned the role of Hamas in perpetuating Gaza’s misery, as well as the threat it poses to Israel, is a positive step. Today, we still see an opportunity for a more comprehensive approach to this issue in the General Assembly, but we all know that votes…
I would like to sincerely thank Germany for the continuing engagement and leadership it has demonstrated in preparing this year’s draft resolution on the situation in Afghanistan (A/73/L.44). I would also like to express my appreciation to the Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the United Na…
I would first like to thank China for organizing today’s open debate on strengthening peacekeeping operations in Africa.
On behalf of Canada, I also express my sincere condolences to the families of the Malawian and Tanzanian Blue Helmets and Congolese soldiers recently killed in an operation of th…
I would like to thank the Chinese presidency for having
chosen to include this issue on the Security Council’s agenda. I am struck by the number of Member States that want to contribute to this discussion — clearly, we all want to address it meaningfully.
We believe that it is first important to r…
As it has always done, Canada will vote in favour of the draft resolution on the necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States of America against Cuba (A/73/L.3).
With respect to the proposed United States amendments to draft resolution A/73/L.3, C…
I am the member of Parliament for the electoral district of Mississauga- Lakeshore in Canada. It is an honour to have this opportunity to address the General Assembly this afternoon.
The fight against impunity for the most serious international criminal acts is at the core of the rules- based inter…
