Bob Rae is feeling the UN’s pain

Severe cuts to the budgets of UN humanitarian agencies, including those dealing with refugees and children, have set off panic through the organization.

Bob Rae is Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DOUGLAS ROCHE

July 16, 2025

EDMONTON—The United Nations is having a very unhappy 80th birthday this year, and Canada’s ambassador to the UN, the estimable Bob Rae, is feeling the pain.

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