Canada congratulates the countries of Central America for their achievements in the pursuit of peace and democracy and for putting an end to the civil conflicts that had so severely affected the region. The celebration earlier this year of the tenth anniversary of the peace accords in El Salvador is…
The Government of Canada is pleased to have the opportunity to address the General Assembly on the subject of strengthening the coordination of the humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations. Let me begin by expressing Canada’s satisfaction at the appointment of the new Emerge…
In addition to associating Canada fully with the statement made by the representative of Andorra, we wish to make a few additional remarks with respect to this very important appointment. Canada is very pleased to support the appointment of Mr. Mark Malloch Brown as Administrator of the United Natio…
There was a time when volunteering was seen as an activity to usefully fill the time of the recently retired, to earn extra credits for high-school students, or as a temporary response to emergencies. Useful, certainly, but of marginal social impact and economic significance.
Any lingering support …
Canada welcomes the opportunity to address the General Assembly on item 21, “Strengthening the coordination of emergency humanitarian and disaster assistance”.
Over the last several years, it has become almost routine for us to focus our item 21 statement on the numerous challenges facing the inter…
Canada would like to thank Secretary-General Kofi Annan for his stalwart leadership in focusing world attention on the global HIV/AIDS crisis. We also congratulate Dr. Peter Piot and his team on the leadership that the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has demonstrated in coordinat…
When this matter was before the Third Committee, Canada gave an explanation of vote and when it came before the Fifth Committee, Canada gave an explanation of position. We take up this issue for the third time because we consider it essential to do so. We will be obliged to do so each and every time…
On behalf of the Government of Canada, I wish to express our appreciation to the Secretary-General for again providing a comprehensive report on mine action. We commend the United Nations system for its efforts, and we extend our gratitude to all United Nations personnel who have worked tirelessly o…
Canada welcomes the report of the Secretary-General, entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and all relevant partners, in particular the private sector”. We also welcome the Secretary-General’s recommendations, as requested in General Assembly resolution 55/215, “Towards global partnership…
