Canada’s Security Council campaign playing catch-up, say diplomats

'No one is going to give us this. We have to do more than just show up': ex-UN ambassador Paul Heinbecker.

Canada's Permanent Representative to the UN Marc-André Blanchard, pictured last month speaking at UN headquarters in New York, said Canada's not behind in its Security Council campaign.United Nations photograph by JC McIlwaine

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BY CHELSEA NASH

October 5, 2016

Canada has some catching up to do in its campaign for a UN Security Council seat, say current and former Canadian and foreign diplomats. Its competitors for two two-year seats up for grabs on the 15-member council starting in 2021, Ireland and Norway, both announced their bids nearly a decade ago,...

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