Canada's refusal to sign TPNW & Security Council seat

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Canada’s refusal to sign U.N. Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons threatens security council seat

[ https://www.greenparty.ca/en/media-rele ... -threatens ] September 20, 2017

(OTTAWA) – ”Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s refusal to sign on to the Treaty on the Prohibition of NuclearWeapons is threatening Canada’s chances at securing a seat once again on the Security Council,” said Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands), Ms. May participated in a citizens signing ceremony for the treaty in front of Parliament Hill today.

“As Prime Minister Trudeau participates at the UN this week, his failure to join more than 120 nations in calling for an end to nuclear weapons is a stain on our country,” Ms. May said. “How can we purport to be a country of peacekeepers when we refuse to stand with the international community in calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons?”

Jeff Wheeldon, GPC International Affairs Critic, said: "The threat of violence has never truly brought peace or reconciliation, and threats of nuclear violence are profoundly irresponsible. Canada began down a better path to peace in 1984, and it is high time we moved forward and called for our allies to do likewise. Signing the UN nuclear disarmament treaty marks the difference between washing our hands of responsibility for nuclear war and working to prevent it."
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Canada loses its bid for seat on UN Security Council

[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/united ... -1.5615488 ]

Norway and Ireland win two-year temporary seats on powerful security body

Kathleen Harris · CBC News · June 18, 2020

Despite an intense and costly diplomatic push, Canada has lost its bid for a coveted seat on the United Nations Security Council.

Norway and Ireland won the two available temporary seats, with 130 and 128 votes respectively. Canada won 108 votes, falling 20 short of the 128 needed to win a spot at the table.

Countries need the support of at least two-thirds of the General Assembly to get elected to the council.

It's a heavy blow for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne and other high-level officials who had been reaching out to political leaders around the world in a campaign to secure one of the two available rotating seats.

In a statement, Trudeau said throughout the campaign, federal officials promoted the Canadian values of peace, freedom, democracy and human rights.

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