We thank the United States for having organized today’s debate and the journalists who shared their personal experiences.
Too often, journalists can find themselves in harm’s way due to their profession. Today’s debate serves to remind us of that reality. Cases involving Canadian journalists includ…
I thank you, Mr. President, for the opportunity to address the Council. I thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2013/350), and I commend the work that the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) is doing in an increasingly hostile environment.
A copy of Canada’s full statem…
Canada is pleased to be a sponsor of the draft resolution introduced today on the situation in Afghanistan (A/67/L.16), and we thank the German delegation for coordinating the process.
The past year was particularly important for Afghanistan’s transition. The conferences that have
been held in Ist…
Canada deplores the ongoing situation in Syria, which has claimed too many lives and threatens to inflame sectarian strife. Deteriorating conditions have increased tensions in Lebanon, and a massive outflow of refugees to Jordan, Turkey, Iraq and Lebanon has created a humanitarian challenge for thos…
Canada was pleased to join the consensus on resolution 66/288, endorsing the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20). We would like to take this opportunity to reiterate our gratitude to the Government and people of Brazil for hosting such a successful conference…
Canada once again welcomes the opportunity to participate in this debate. The African continent has enormous potential, and we note with satisfaction its recent remarkable economic growth, higher than that of many other regions of the world. The significant progress Africa has made, especially in st…
I thank the President of the General Assembly for having convened this important meeting. I also thank the President of the Security Council for having presented the annual report of the Security Council (A/65/2).
The report makes it clear that a wide variety of complex and important issues, both g…
In light of the continued stalemate in the Conference on Disarmament, Canada believes that efforts to follow up on last September’s High-level Meeting must be pursued in earnest. Canada was among those States at last September’s High-level Meeting that spoke in favour of a deadline for the Conferenc…
At the outset, let me thank the President of the General Assembly for convening this meeting on this very important topic. I wish that we were assembling today to celebrate a renewed sense of hope and enthusiasm about prospects for a resumption of multilateral disarmament negotiations. We are not. T…
Today’s debate on the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) and the Peacebuilding Fund is an important opportunity to reflect on the incremental successes of the United Nations peacebuilding architecture and to consider what improvements can be made as we embark on the 2010 PCB review process. For Canada, …
Canada welcomes this important draft resolution in support of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) (A/64/L.6*). We are pleased to be part of a long list of like-minded sponsors who continue to support the Commission through voluntary contributions. Further, the represe…
