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- Laura E. Kirkpatrick
- • July 23, 2020
BUFFALO, N.Y. — In the middle of a recent Zoom meeting with colleagues, I commented about the presence of United Nations flags on international borders, like the ones that flew, some until recently, on certain bridge border crossings between…
- Categories: Covid-19, US Foreign Relations
- Stéphanie Fillion
- • June 17, 2020
An almost empty General Assembly Hall, masks of all types and colors and diplomats rejoicing to see their colleagues that they probably have seen only on their computer screens for months marked this year’s General Assembly elections at the…
- Categories: Covid-19, General Assembly, Security Council, US-UN Relations
- Stéphanie Fillion
- • May 4, 2020
CHICOUTIMI, Canada — The Canadian ambassador to the United Nations, Marc-André Blanchard, told a Canadian newspaper in March “now is not the time to campaign for a Security Council seat,” as world diplomacy is being disrupted by the coronavirus…
- Categories: Covid-19, General Assembly, Security Council
- Stéphanie Fillion
- • September 25, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made a point of bringing Canada back to the international stage at the United Nations to win a coveted nonpermanent seat on the Security Council for the 2021-22 term. But amid Trudeau’s re-election campaign…
- Categories: General Assembly, Security Council
- Barbara Crossette
- • March 11, 2019
GOSIER, Guadeloupe — The Caribbean islands, though culturally and linguistically diverse and differing government systems, are coming together to confront the climate changes that threaten their rich tropical environment and the livelihoods of their people. Seas are warming and…
- Categories: Caribbean, Climate Change
- Stéphanie Fillion
- • September 23, 2018
MONTREAL —Â When he took office in 2015, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised, among other things, to bring Canada back as a leader on the world’s stage. “Canada is back,” he said after signing the Paris accord on climate…
- Categories: General Assembly, Geopolitics
- Stéphanie Fillion
- • February 12, 2018
After years of civil war, Somalia is beginning to build democratic institutions with support from the West, even as horrific violence repeatedly strikes the capital, Mogadishu. Help from foreign countries and regional groups — such as the European Union,…
- Categories: Caribbean, Governance, Latin America, Women
- Julie Vanderperre
- • November 13, 2017
The one sure announcement to emerge from the annual United Nations peacekeeping defense ministerial conference this week will be the adoption of the Vancouver Principles, a set of rules aimed primarily at preventing the recruitment and use of child…
- Categories: Child Soldiers, UN Peacekeeping
- Julie Vanderperre
- • April 20, 2017
Although Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged in a splashy way right after his 2015 election to “renew Canada’s commitment to United Nations peace operations,” the country’s contribution to peacekeeping remains at an all-time low. Since Trudeau’s seemingly impetuous campaign…
- Categories: Africa, Geopolitics, Security Council, UN Peacekeeping, US-UN Relations
- Laura E. Kirkpatrick
- • March 17, 2016
“Because it’s 2015,” Justin Trudeau, the prime minister of Canada and self-proclaimed feminist, said simply, using the vernacular of his generation to reinforce his position on gender equality as he spoke at the United Nations recently during an “armchair…
- Categories: Gender Violence, Women
- Divya Kaeley
- • June 10, 2015
WINNIPEG, Canada — Every new immigrant to Canada has to live through the three stages of acculturation, which for most people is not easy. First comes the thrill and joy of exploring a new land, then feelings of marginalization…
- Categories: Health and Population, Migration, Refugees, Women
- Lorraine Boissoneault
- • February 7, 2013
The sounds of drums and chanting outside the United Nations in New York battled to be heard over traffic recently. In a continuation of rallies and demonstrations held in front of the UN earlier in January, seven Native American…
- Categories: General Assembly, Human Rights
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