World leaders at upcoming UN General Assembly must heed call for renewed nuclear diplomacy

September 15, 2019

The gathering of world leaders at the UN General Assembly later in September offers an unprecedented opportunity for Prime Minister Trudeau to demonstrate how Canada will contribute to a new global diplomatic effort to reduce nuclear dangers.

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A United Nations Emergency Peace Service (UNEPS) is long overdue

September 11, 2019

Canada can demonstrate its commitment to strengthening the UN’s conflict prevention and crisis response capacity by supporting and advocating for a United Nations Emergency Peace Service (UNEPS).

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A foreign policy that practices what it preaches: Part One

September 3, 2019

We need a foreign policy that spells out how Canada intends to work tirelessly to strengthen international law, to champion the UN’s diplomatic, peacekeeping and humanitarian work and to help stop a burgeoning nuclear arms race.

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Why hasn’t Canada kept its UN peacekeeping promises?

August 26, 2019

Who is responsible for the chasm between what Canada promised to deliver on UN peacekeeping and what actually materialized? The answer suggests a failure of leadership on several fronts.

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