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Amid foreign interference fears, Canada warns some states seek to ‘bend the rules’Bob Rae, Canada's ambassador to the United Nations, said democracy is under threat because some states seek to bend the rules because of 'political expediency.'CanadaSep 26, 2023
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As Parliament returns, climate advocates aim to crank up the heatThe marches come after a summer that has seen wildfires, droughts, extreme storms and floods put climate change in a renewed global spotlight.CanadaSep 15, 2023
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Queen Elizabeth II honoured at UN meeting: ‘Exceptional monarch’This year's U.N. General Assembly meeting of world leaders came on the heels of another event that reverberated internationally - the death of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II.WorldSep 25, 2022
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India stays neutral on Russia’s war on Ukraine, lays out plan for G 20 term at UNIndia's foreign minister laid out the country's plans for its turn at the G-20 presidency during his speech in front of the U.N. General Assembly.WorldSep 24, 2022
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Russia’s Lavrov defends war against Ukraine at UN showdownLavrov was only in the council chamber to deliver his address to the meeting of the 15-member body and did not listen to anyone else speak.WorldSep 22, 2022
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Ukraine, Haiti to dominate Justin Trudeau’s day at UN General AssemblyTrudeau is expected to make news of his own, in particular when he announces Canada's latest contribution to a UN effort to confront treatable disease in the developing world.CanadaSep 21, 2022
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Japan’s Kishida says UN reforms needed to prevent Russian vetoes over Ukraine warJapanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida expressed disappointment over the failure of the UN Security Council to respond to the war because of Russia's right of veto.WorldSep 20, 2022
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Trudeau, ministers to attend 77th Session of the U.N. General Assembly next weekPrime Minister Justin Trudeau will travel to New York next week to attend the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly from Sept. 20-22.WorldSep 17, 2022
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Canada joins Britain, EU in plan to stem ‘catastrophic’ biodiversity loss by 2030With the twin crises of climate change and wildlife loss accelerating, leaders are trying to build momentum ahead of a UN meeting in China in May.EnvironmentSep 28, 2020
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World leaders to talk climate change, regional conflicts at UN General AssemblyThe United Nations, designed to promote a multilateral world, has struggled in the face of increasing unilateralism by the United States and other nations that favor going it alone over the brand of collaboration that the global body advocates.WorldSep 24, 2019
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