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Statement on Syria’s upcoming presidential elections 

| Global Affairs Canada | statements

Canada denounces Syria’s decision to hold presidential elections tomorrow, May 26, amidst ongoing human rights abuses and grave violations of international law perpetrated by the Assad regime.


Statement by Minister Ng on U.S. preliminary duty rates on Canadian softwood lumber

| Global Affairs Canada | statements

The Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, today issued the following statement regarding the second administrative review by the U.S. Department of Commerce of its anti-dumping and countervailing duty orders on certain softwood lumber products from Canada


Biographical note

| Global Affairs Canada | backgrounders

Payam Akhavan (LLB, Osgoode Hall Law School, 1989; LLM SJD, Harvard Law School, 1990), is a senior fellow at the University of Toronto’s Massey College and a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, in The Hague.


Government of Canada announces senior advisor to Global Affairs Canada on Flight PS752 tragedy

| Global Affairs Canada | news releases

Today, the Honourable Marc Garneau, Minister of Foreign Affairs, announced that Payam Akhavan, Senior Fellow at Massey College and distinguished visiting professor at the University of Toronto, will join Global Affairs Canada (GAC) as a senior advisor on the department’s ongoing response to the Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 tragedy. This appointment concludes a months-long search to best support the expertise and capacity of the department on this critical file.


Sustainable Development Working Group

| Global Affairs Canada | backgrounders

The Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG) was established in 1998 after the inception of the Arctic Council, and is one of six Arctic Council Working Groups.


Minister of Foreign Affairs concludes successful participation in Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in Iceland

| Global Affairs Canada | news releases

The Honourable Marc Garneau, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today successfully concluded Canada’s participation in the 12th Ministerial Meeting of the Arctic Council in Reykjavik, Iceland. Minister Garneau also represented Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC) on behalf of the Honourable Daniel Vandal, Minister of Northern Affairs.


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