Posts Tagged 'Security Council'

CANADA AND THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL: BETTER LUCK THIS TIME?

CANADA AND THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL: BETTER LUCK THIS TIME?

McLeod Group Blog, February 8, 2017

After the Harper government’s disastrous attempt in 2010 to win one of the temporary seats on the United Nations Security Council, the Trudeau government has decided to try again. The next opening is in 2021. Fair questions to ask at this point are: Why are we doing this, and what difference might it make for Canada?

Fifteen months into the mandate of the Liberal government, foreign policy issues have attracted considerable attention on the part of ...

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Should Canada be on the Security Council?

October 4, 2010

Canada is lobbying hard to win a seat on the UN Security Council for a two year 2011-2012 term. The competition for this non-permanent seat on the Council comes from two member countries of the European Union, namely Germany and Portugal, and Germany is all but confirmed. It has been a decade since Canada was last a member of the Council.

With its spotty record of late in international affairs, should Canada be taken seriously as a helpful, responsible ...

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