Reading Time: 7 minutes (Disponible en français : Les 20 ans du Programme sur les femmes, la paix et la sécurité) On 31 October 2000, following decades of lobbying by civil society organizations, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325) on women, peace… Read More ›
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The United Nations at 75: “Imperfect but indispensable”?
Reading Time: 5 minutes (Disponible en français : Les Nations Unies, 75 ans plus tard : « imparfaites, mais indispensables »?) At a 21 September 2020 high-level meeting of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), the United Nations’ (UN’s) member states adopted a declaration… Read More ›
The Role of Non-Permanent Members of the United Nations Security Council
Reading Time: 5 minutes (Disponible en français : Le rôle des membres non permanents du Conseil de sécurité de l’ONU) In June 2020, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly will elect 5 non-permanent members to the UN Security Council for the 2021-2022 two-year term…. Read More ›
Executive Summary – Sanctions: The Canadian and International Architecture
Reading Time: < 1 minute (Disponible en français : Résumé – Sanctions : l’architecture canadienne et internationale) Sanctions are measures implemented by governments to restrict or prohibit certain types of interactions with a foreign state, individual or entity. Governments impose sanctions in pursuit of foreign… Read More ›
Elections to the United Nations Security Council
Reading Time: 5 minutes (Disponible en français : Élections au Conseil de sécurité des Nations Unies) Canada is seeking a non-permanent seat on the United Nations (UN) Security Council for the 2021–2022 term. There are two seats available to countries from Canada’s regional grouping,… Read More ›