Trudeau’s move to co-host UN meeting on pandemic elevates bid for Security Council seat

Canada needs this uplift in visibility of commitment to UN values because a petition is making the rounds in Canada against Canada’s election to the Security Council for alleged international 'bad behaviour.'

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's push to co-host a high-level UN meeting is reminiscent of his own father's decision to co-chair a similar meeting to expand development and cooperation between the industrialized and developing countries. It was a historic effort, which led to revised trade rules.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY Douglas Roche

May 27, 2020

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will join UN Secretary General António Guterres and Jamaican Prime Minister of Jamaica Andrew Holness on Thursday to convene a high-level meeting to address the economic devastation caused by COVID-19, which threatens the livelihoods of ...

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