It is both an honour and a pleasure for me to once again address the Assembly.
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For more than 70 years, Canada has supported the United Nations and its institutions in the pursuit of world peace. On many occasions Canadians have put their lives on the line to deter active conflic…
I am pleased for the leadership demonstrated by the Security Council. We also thank you, Secretary Kerry, as well as President Obama, for convening this meeting and inviting other countries as well.
The threat posed by foreign terrorist fighters is a source of great concern. The conflict in Syria a…
We thank the Secretary-General for having convened this summit. The Millennium Development Goals set
benchmarks that enable us all to measure our collective progress towards building a better future for those on our planet most in need. They eloquently express our conviction that nations must work …
It has now been more than 65 years since the nations of the world, exhausted, and in some cases devastated, by years of war, established the United Nations. Canada was one of those nations — one of the many, in fact, whose fresh experience of conflict had persuaded their peoples that the possibility…
It is a great honour for me, as Prime Minister of Canada, to
speak to the Assembly today about the important issues confronting us as Members of the United Nations.
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The United Nations was born from a combination of the essential needs of nations for stability and security and t…