UN General Assembly

• Carney to attend UN events but won’t address General Assembly

  Instead, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand will address global leaders on the government's behalf from the green marble podium.

  Canada

  Sep 19
  
• Joly urges UN to seek consensus, counter growing polarization globally

  Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly put women's rights and international law at the centre of what could be the Trudeau government's last speech to the UN General Assembly.

  Canada

  Sep 30, 2024
  
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• UN chief warns of global ‘powder keg’ as Biden pushes optimism

  On his final day at the UN Tuesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is scheduled to attend high-level meetings about innovating for a sustainable future and fighting extremism.

  Canada

  Sep 24, 2024
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• Trudeau urges global humanitarian help for Haiti at United Nations

  Justin Trudeau will turn his focus to the ongoing crises in Haiti as he speaks with some world leaders Monday ahead of the 78th meeting of the United Nations General Assembly.

  Canada

  Sep 23, 2024
• Canada highlights severe wildfire season to promote carbon pricing at UN

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was the big draw at a UN event Wednesday aimed at encouraging countries to put a price on pollution.

  Canada

  Sep 21, 2023
• India-Canada tensions top of mind as Trudeau heads to UN General Assembly

  Trudeau rocked the House of Commons on Monday with 'credible allegations' linking agents of India's government to the deadly shooting of a Sikh leader in B.C.

  Canada

  Sep 19, 2023
• Trudeau heads to UN general assembly as world faces ‘serious moment’

  Russia's war in Ukraine grinds on relentlessly, the global angst augmented by last week's ominous meeting between President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

  World

  Sep 18, 2023
• UN General Assembly condemns Russia’s ‘illegal’ annexations in Ukraine with resolution

  Western nations engaged in intense behind-the-scenes lobbying ahead of the vote while Russia's ally Syria warned against isolating Moscow.

  World

  Oct 12, 2022
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• Japan’s Kishida says UN reforms needed to prevent Russian vetoes over Ukraine war

  Japanese 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.

  World

  Sep 20, 2022
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• UN to allow Ukraine’s Zelenskyy to virtually address next week’s world leaders summit

  The U.N. voted to make an exception to a rule that requires world leaders to address the assembly in person, due to Zelenskyy's need to deal with Russia's invasion.

  World

  Sep 16, 2022