Non-partisan focus needed for next UN Security Council campaign, say experts

Security Council experts say Canada should target a seat for a term that no other WEOG country has yet committed, which could mean Canada won't be sitting on the UN's top body for at least 10 more years.

UN Ambassador Bob Rae took over his post from Marc-André Blanchard shortly after Canada's failed bid to gain a seat on the Security Council.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY NEIL MOSS

July 14, 2021

More than a year after Canada lost its bid for a temporary seat on the UN Security Council, experts say a non-partisan approach is needed to fix mistakes of past failed campaigns. Trumpeted as a central pillar of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's (Papineau, Que.) foreign agenda since he came to power...

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