I congratulate you, Mr. President, on organizing this meeting, and I commend all the speakers on their presentations.
Gaza, Haiti, Myanmar, the Sudan, Ukraine and many other places — I mentioned each of those conflicts during the open debate held one year ago (see S/PV.9675). In each conflict, the …
I welcome my colleagues who just spoke — Mr. Jean-Victor Harvel Jean Baptiste, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Worship of Haiti; Mr. Roberto Álvarez Gil, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic; and Mr. Luis Gilberto Murillo Urrutia, who spoke before me. I am sure that my colleagues…
Let me start by taking a moment to thank you, Madam President, for your leadership, service and friendship. I may not have another opportunity to say those words in the Council, so I wanted to say them here to you personally. I also want to thank our briefers — Executive Director Russell, Mr. Raymo…
It is clear that the Haitian people are suffering enormously. With the United Nations country team, I recently visited a school in Tabarre, a district of Port-au-Prince held hostage by gangs. Children, women and men are taking refuge there after fleeing extreme violence, in search of protection and …
I am honoured to be taking part in this meeting alongside Prime Minister Conille, Minister Dupuy, Minister Álvarez Gil, Ms. Salvador and my colleagues from Saint Kitts and Nevis and Kenya.
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I am very pleased to be able to speak on behalf of the Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti of t…
We convene today because the Russian Federation yet again cynically abused its veto power at the Security Council (see S/PV. 9616). This time — and we all recall that we were here just a week ago — Russia prevented the adoption of draft resolution S/2024/302, capably facilitated by the United States…
On behalf of Canada, let me start by thanking Ms. Catherine Marchi-Uhel for her leadership and tireless commitment to accountability for the people of Syria. We appreciate our collaboration throughout her tenure as head of the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Inves…
When Canada served as Chair of the Angola Sanctions Committee in 1999, which emanated from the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 864 (1993) concerning Angola, one of my predecessors Ambassador Robert Fowler worked with his counterparts on the Security Council to establish…
I deliver this statement on behalf of Australia, New Zealand and my own country, Canada (CANZ).
The CANZ countries are grateful to you for convening this meeting, Mr. President. The veto initiative is an important mechanism for promoting the Security Council’s transparency and accountability.
We c…
For two long years now, the Russian Federation has been waging an illegal war of aggression against its sovereign neighbour, Ukraine. This year also marks the tenth anniversary of Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea, which is part of Ukraine’s territory.
Russia’s actions in Ukraine are illegal. T…
While Canada did not support resolution 78/78, which was just adopted, we consider it essential that we signal our heightened concern about the extremist violence of terror attacks against Israeli civilians and the ongoing fighting in Gaza, with its tragic consequences. The continued growth of Israe…
It is a privilege to take part in this very important annual discussion to reflect on the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) achievements. This year, our discussion takes place as we mark 25 years since the adoption of the Rome Statute. Those 25 years testify to the role of the Court as a pillar o…
I am very honoured to speak to the General Assembly on behalf of the Government of Canada. I recognize that I am doing so on the traditional territory of the Lenape people.
I would first like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election as President of the General Assembly. If I may say so,…
I would like to begin my statement today by reiterating that Canada firmly condemns the use of the veto by the Russian Federation on 11 July (see S/PV.9371) on a draft humanitarian resolution in the Security Council (S/2023/506). This is the eighteenth veto that it has used against draft resolutions…
I am very pleased to speak on behalf of 66 members of the Group of Friends of Women, Peace and Security, an informal network that represents all five regional groups at the United Nations, as well as the European Union. I would like to highlight four points.
First of all, we categorically condemn t…
On 22 June 1985, exactly 38 years ago today, a plane took off from Vancouver to Toronto with a bomb that was built in Canada by violent extremists in my country. The luggage in which that bomb was hidden made its way onto a plane that took off from Toronto, my hometown, on Air India Flight 182, whic…
I am pleased to speak on behalf of the Economic and Social Council’s Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti, which comprises 22 Member States that are committed to accompanying Haiti’s long-term socioeconomic development. Since last year, our group expanded to include Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Barba…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for giving us the opportunity to join in today’s discussion.
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I hope that my colleague from Gabon understands how very saddened each and every one of us was to hear the news of Minister Adamo’s passing, and I want to assure him that our th…
We appreciate the opportunity to participate in this discussion, although I have to confess that I think that it is highly unusual that we are put in this position by the Russian delegation today.
Before we vote on draft decision A/77/L.47, I would like to express my deep regret that we are faced w…
I am pleased to speak on behalf of the Economic and Social Council Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti. The Advisory Group comprises 21 Member States that are committed to supporting Haiti’s long-term socioeconomic development. I am proud to see my colleagues from Rwanda, Kenya, Saint Vincent and the Gre…
