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Wed, 22 May 2013 01:23:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/02/canada-to-fight-tooth-and-nail-for-un-aviation-agency-to-remain-in-montreal/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/02/canada-to-fight-tooth-and-nail-for-un-aviation-agency-to-remain-in-montreal/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 22:29:47 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=379937 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/02/canada-to-fight-tooth-and-nail-for-un-aviation-agency-to-remain-in-montreal/feed/ 0 OTTAWA – Keeping the International Civil Aviation Organization in Montreal is so politically and... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/01/canada-not-campaigning-for-un-security-council-seat-in-2014-baird/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/01/canada-not-campaigning-for-un-security-council-seat-in-2014-baird/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 17:09:20 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=379221 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/01/canada-not-campaigning-for-un-security-council-seat-in-2014-baird/feed/ 0 OTTAWA – The foreign affairs minister says Canada won’t be mounting a new campaign... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/25/effort-mounts-to-prevent-un-agency-from-moving-out-of-montreal/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/25/effort-mounts-to-prevent-un-agency-from-moving-out-of-montreal/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:13:23 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=376939 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/25/effort-mounts-to-prevent-un-agency-from-moving-out-of-montreal/feed/ 0 MONTREAL – The federal government promises a diplomatic effort to keep Canada from losing... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/28/harper-defends-un-desert-convention-pull-out-says-it-is-too-bureaucratic/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/28/harper-defends-un-desert-convention-pull-out-says-it-is-too-bureaucratic/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 18:04:32 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=365783 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/28/harper-defends-un-desert-convention-pull-out-says-it-is-too-bureaucratic/feed/ 0 OTTAWA – The Harper government says it is pulling out of a United Nations... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/28/harper-government-quietly-leaving-un-droughts-and-deserts-convention/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/28/harper-government-quietly-leaving-un-droughts-and-deserts-convention/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:21:37 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=365428 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/28/harper-government-quietly-leaving-un-droughts-and-deserts-convention/feed/ 0 OTTAWA – The Harper government is pulling out of a United Nations convention that... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/28/the-quiet-cuts-32/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/28/the-quiet-cuts-32/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 04:36:15 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=365403 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/28/the-quiet-cuts-32/feed/ 0 We can't afford to officially oppose droughts anymore http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/04/conservatives-un-long-running-war-of-words-heats-up-again-regarding-poverty-report/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/04/conservatives-un-long-running-war-of-words-heats-up-again-regarding-poverty-report/#comments Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:43:16 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=356772 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/04/conservatives-un-long-running-war-of-words-heats-up-again-regarding-poverty-report/feed/ 0 OTTAWA – The Harper government is once again engaged in a war of words... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/01/dachshund-un-creating-art-with-36-wiener-dogs/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/01/dachshund-un-creating-art-with-36-wiener-dogs/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2013 21:41:39 +0000 Emily Senger http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=356038 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/01/dachshund-un-creating-art-with-36-wiener-dogs/feed/ 0 36 wiener dogs on a diplomatic mission http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/22/fantino-on-haiti-we-should-be-thanked-upside-down-and-sideways/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/22/fantino-on-haiti-we-should-be-thanked-upside-down-and-sideways/#comments Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:14:53 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=340524 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/22/fantino-on-haiti-we-should-be-thanked-upside-down-and-sideways/feed/ 0 Two weeks ago, officials from the U.S. State Department and the United Nations expressed... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/23/the-10-countries-that-should-be-happiest/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/23/the-10-countries-that-should-be-happiest/#comments Sun, 23 Dec 2012 10:30:40 +0000 Blog of Lists http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=329580 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/23/the-10-countries-that-should-be-happiest/feed/ 0 According to the United Nations, when measured by factors such as life expectancy, income... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/21/interactive-map-canadian-un-deployments-drop-under-conservative-watch/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/21/interactive-map-canadian-un-deployments-drop-under-conservative-watch/#comments Fri, 21 Dec 2012 21:09:30 +0000 Nick Taylor-Vaisey http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=330788 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/21/interactive-map-canadian-un-deployments-drop-under-conservative-watch/feed/ 0 After a sharp decline in 2006, UN commitments stagnate http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/10/thrown-to-the-lions/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/10/thrown-to-the-lions/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:13:01 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=323925 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/10/thrown-to-the-lions/feed/ 0 Barbara Amiel on John Baird's 'extraordinary' speech to the UN http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/05/reaching-our-ghg-goals-thanks-to-a-price-on-carbon/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/05/reaching-our-ghg-goals-thanks-to-a-price-on-carbon/#comments Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:32:28 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=323774 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/05/reaching-our-ghg-goals-thanks-to-a-price-on-carbon/feed/ 0 Peter Kent addresses the UN convention on climate change in Doha. Canada is halfway... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/03/baird-not-his-usual-blunt-self-on-israels-settlement-plan/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/03/baird-not-his-usual-blunt-self-on-israels-settlement-plan/#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2012 18:24:46 +0000 John Geddes http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=322809 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/03/baird-not-his-usual-blunt-self-on-israels-settlement-plan/feed/ 0 What is Canada's policy on settlement expansions? John Geddes put the question to the foreign minister's aides http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/29/the-un-votes-to-recognize-a-palestinian-state/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/29/the-un-votes-to-recognize-a-palestinian-state/#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:53:32 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=321587 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/29/the-un-votes-to-recognize-a-palestinian-state/feed/ 0 The UN voted 138-9 this evening to give the Palestinians non-member observer status. Canada... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/29/canada-will-vote-no/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/29/canada-will-vote-no/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:17:35 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=321177 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/29/canada-will-vote-no/feed/ 0 John Baird is in New York today to vote against a resolution that would... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/21/look-what-the-un-dragged-in/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/21/look-what-the-un-dragged-in/#comments Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:50:01 +0000 Scaachi Koul http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=314689 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/21/look-what-the-un-dragged-in/feed/ 0 Haiti had not seen a case of cholera in over 100 years—until ‘help’ arrived http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/09/un-revises-world-hunger-figures/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/09/un-revises-world-hunger-figures/#comments Tue, 09 Oct 2012 09:26:03 +0000 The Associated Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=301292 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/09/un-revises-world-hunger-figures/feed/ 0 ROME - The United Nations now says its 2009 headline-grabbing announcement that 1 billion people in the world were hungry was off-target and that the number is actually more like 870 million. http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/03/john-baird-vs-the-un-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/03/john-baird-vs-the-un-2/#comments Wed, 03 Oct 2012 15:16:25 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=299492 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/03/john-baird-vs-the-un-2/feed/ 0 Paul Knox pans John Baird’s speech at the United Nations. John Baird demonstrated Monday... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/01/let-us-move-forward/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/01/let-us-move-forward/#comments Mon, 01 Oct 2012 14:50:59 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=298532 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/01/let-us-move-forward/feed/ 0 The prepared text of John Baird’s speech to the UN General Assembly this morning.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/01/dont-give-up-on-diplomacy-to-end-syrian-crisis-baird-says/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/01/dont-give-up-on-diplomacy-to-end-syrian-crisis-baird-says/#comments Mon, 01 Oct 2012 10:17:21 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=298441 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/01/dont-give-up-on-diplomacy-to-end-syrian-crisis-baird-says/feed/ 0 OTTAWA – Canada isn’t giving up hope of a diplomatic settlement to end the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/27/harper-slags-un-assails-iran-while-picking-up-world-statesman-award/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/27/harper-slags-un-assails-iran-while-picking-up-world-statesman-award/#comments Fri, 28 Sep 2012 02:00:03 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=297859 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/27/harper-slags-un-assails-iran-while-picking-up-world-statesman-award/feed/ 0 NEW YORK, N.Y. – Prime Minister Stephen Harper took a swipe at the United... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/27/harper-skips-un-but-will-meet-with-leaders-in-nyc-while-picking-up-award/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/27/harper-skips-un-but-will-meet-with-leaders-in-nyc-while-picking-up-award/#comments Thu, 27 Sep 2012 17:35:19 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=297642 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/27/harper-skips-un-but-will-meet-with-leaders-in-nyc-while-picking-up-award/feed/ 0 NEW YORK, N.Y. - Prime Minister Stephen Harper is skipping the United Nations General Assembly again this year, but he was in New York City anyway on Thursday meeting with global leaders and preparing to pick up a world statesman award. http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/27/new-york-bound-harper-snubs-un-again/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/27/new-york-bound-harper-snubs-un-again/#comments Thu, 27 Sep 2012 11:13:03 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=297444 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/27/new-york-bound-harper-snubs-un-again/feed/ 0 OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper is in New York today to accept a private award for global statesmanship, but he won't be using the occasion to address the nearby United Nations general assembly. http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/26/canada-expected-to-walk-out-again-as-irans-ahmadinejad-takes-to-podium-at-un/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/26/canada-expected-to-walk-out-again-as-irans-ahmadinejad-takes-to-podium-at-un/#comments Wed, 26 Sep 2012 15:27:29 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=297001 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/26/canada-expected-to-walk-out-again-as-irans-ahmadinejad-takes-to-podium-at-un/feed/ 0 NEW YORK, N.Y. - Diplomats from Canada are expected to be among those who walk out on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad when the Iranian president takes the podium at the UN General Assembly. http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/25/the-commons-the-ndp-concerns-itself-with-stephen-harpers-agenda/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/25/the-commons-the-ndp-concerns-itself-with-stephen-harpers-agenda/#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:25:57 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=296804 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/25/the-commons-the-ndp-concerns-itself-with-stephen-harpers-agenda/feed/ 0 The NDP concerns itself with Stephen Harper's agenda http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/12/stephen-harper-statesman/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/12/stephen-harper-statesman/#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2012 12:00:15 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=292426 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/12/stephen-harper-statesman/feed/ 0 Stephen Harper is your statesman of the year for 2012 (as determined by the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/27/10-years-for-omar-khadr/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/27/10-years-for-omar-khadr/#comments Fri, 27 Jul 2012 21:48:28 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=277701 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/27/10-years-for-omar-khadr/feed/ 0 Liberal Senator Romeo Dallaire releases a statement on the tenth anniversary of Omar Khadr’s... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/06/john-baird-vs-the-un/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/06/john-baird-vs-the-un/#comments Wed, 06 Jun 2012 17:49:08 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=264429 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/06/john-baird-vs-the-un/feed/ 0 Late last week, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird seemed to announce that Canada was... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/19/housewives-of-the-united-nations/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/19/housewives-of-the-united-nations/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:36:46 +0000 Emma Teitel http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=253388 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/19/housewives-of-the-united-nations/feed/ 0 A Youtube plea to Asma al-Assad http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/02/unesco-palestine-and-canada/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/02/unesco-palestine-and-canada/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:25:44 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=223116 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/02/unesco-palestine-and-canada/feed/ 8 Speaking with reporters after QP yesterday, John Baird explained the Harper government’s response to... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/23/human-rights-the-rule-of-law-and-the-death-of-gadhafi/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/23/human-rights-the-rule-of-law-and-the-death-of-gadhafi/#comments Sun, 23 Oct 2011 19:18:44 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=221247 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/23/human-rights-the-rule-of-law-and-the-death-of-gadhafi/feed/ 23 A statement from the Prime Minister on the liberation of Libya. “Today, Canadians join... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/11/compelling-evidence/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/11/compelling-evidence/#comments Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:45:30 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=219492 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/11/compelling-evidence/feed/ 3 The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan has released a report into the treatment... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/26/canada-does-not-just-go-along-in-order-to-get-along/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/26/canada-does-not-just-go-along-in-order-to-get-along/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 22:24:58 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=217189 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/26/canada-does-not-just-go-along-in-order-to-get-along/feed/ 16 The prepared text of John Baird’s speech to the United Nations this evening. Nearly... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/22/israel-palestine-and-brian-topp/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/22/israel-palestine-and-brian-topp/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:35:28 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=216788 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/22/israel-palestine-and-brian-topp/feed/ 36 A day after laying out his position on the Keystone pipeline, the NDP leadership... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/22/same-heart-and-same-values/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/22/same-heart-and-same-values/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:45:34 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=216744 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/22/same-heart-and-same-values/feed/ 1 The Prime Minister and Benjamin Netanyahu exchange greetings in New York. During the brief... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/21/israel-palestine-and-canada/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/21/israel-palestine-and-canada/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:45:32 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=216362 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/21/israel-palestine-and-canada/feed/ 64 The Prime Minister comments on a Palestinian bid for recognition at the United Nations.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/14/palestinians-lobby-canada-ahead-of-un-statehood-bid/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/14/palestinians-lobby-canada-ahead-of-un-statehood-bid/#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:53:19 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=215094 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/14/palestinians-lobby-canada-ahead-of-un-statehood-bid/feed/ 7 Canada expected to vote against proposal for Palestinian membership in UN http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/26/how-much-longer-in-libya/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/26/how-much-longer-in-libya/#comments Tue, 26 Jul 2011 18:49:59 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=206738 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/26/how-much-longer-in-libya/feed/ 5 At the outset of the Libyan mission, the Prime Minister ventured a prediction of... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/15/diplomatic-overkill/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/15/diplomatic-overkill/#comments Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:49:43 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=204886 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/15/diplomatic-overkill/feed/ 5 Adam Chapnik explains the wisdom of dysfunction at the United Nations. To suggest, however,... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/12/a-boycott-signifying-what/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/12/a-boycott-signifying-what/#comments Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:20:02 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=201677 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/12/a-boycott-signifying-what/feed/ 34 Steven Edwards considers John Baird’s boycott. As one of the six chairs of a... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/11/dont-call-it-a-doctrine-ii/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/11/dont-call-it-a-doctrine-ii/#comments Mon, 11 Jul 2011 21:08:46 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=201633 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/11/dont-call-it-a-doctrine-ii/feed/ 19 John Baird dismisses a Palestinian bid to have statehood recognized by the United Nations.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/11/dont-call-it-a-doctrine/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/11/dont-call-it-a-doctrine/#comments Mon, 11 Jul 2011 19:57:27 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=201582 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/11/dont-call-it-a-doctrine/feed/ 11 John Baird proudly announces a boycott of the UN conference on disarmament on account... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/24/conceding-the-point-sticking-with-the-policy/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/24/conceding-the-point-sticking-with-the-policy/#comments Fri, 24 Jun 2011 18:54:49 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=199012 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/24/conceding-the-point-sticking-with-the-policy/feed/ 0 The government’s delegation in Geneva offers an interesting admission. The Canadian delegation at an... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/23/standing-up-for-asbestos/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/23/standing-up-for-asbestos/#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:54:52 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=198770 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/23/standing-up-for-asbestos/feed/ 0 The Canadian delegation interjected yesterday to object to the inclusion of asbestos in the...