Canada’s participation in global peacekeeping operations is now almost negligible, even though the demand for blue helmets is steadily increasing.
The future of Canadian peacekeeping
Tag Archives: United Nations
Arms Trade Treaty talks begin next month
Negotiations on a multilateral Arms Trade Treaty are scheduled to take place from July 2nd to the 27th in New York.
Over 1 million signatures for a nuclear weapon-free world
Gensuikyo , the Japan Council against A and H Bombs, recently sent a 16-member delegation to New York to submit a 1,029,031-signature petition calling for a total ban on nuclear weapons to the UN. The petition, which was collected as part of a signature campaign in support of the “Appeal for a Total Ban on […]
Canada reverses position on Arms Trade Treaty
The Conservative government has repositioned itself as a less-than-useful partner in the lead-up to negotiations on the United Nations’ Arms Trade Treaty, reports Kenneth Epps, senior program officer at Project Ploughshares (Kenneth Epps, “Hunting down an Arms Trade Treaty,” Embassy Magazine, 3 August 2011). Epps points to the influence of the domestic gun lobby as […]
Canada makes the wrong move at Conference on Disarmament
Cesar Jaramillo, program officer at Project Ploughshares, argues against the recent decision to boycott the UN Conference on Disarmament (Cesar Jaramillo, “Canada’s disarmament conference boycott is ill-advised,” Kitchener-Waterloo Record, 14 July 2011): Canada’s newly elected Conservative majority government seems to be wasting no time in taking a tough stance on foreign policy, but Canada’s decision […]
Canada sends CF-18s for Libya intervention
The Canadian government has sent six CF-18 fighters to take part in the Libya mission authorized by the UN Security Council on Thursday (Steven Chase, “Canada commits six fighter jets to help enforce Libyan no-fly zone,” Globe and Mail, 17 March 2011): The UN Security Council voted Thursday to impose a no-fly zone over Libya […]