| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
Minister Ng highlighted Canada’s commitment to further strengthening its ties with the Netherlands through the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, underscoring the opportunities the agreement creates for people on both sides of the Atlantic.
| Global Affairs Canada | backgrounders
The Government of Canada has announced $93.7 million in funding for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) to support the efforts of a wide range of partners to help the poorest and most vulnerable people around the world. The funding is being distributed as follows.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
With health systems straining to respond adequately to the global pandemic, it is more important than ever to protect gains in comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights, including access to safe abortion and contraception, by ensuring crucial services are not diverted. Canada remains committed to delivering on its Feminist International Assistance Policy and development commitments in the context of COVID-19.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today held a call with Mohammad Javad Zarif, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran.
| Global Affairs Canada | statements
The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement: “We are aware that China has chosen to proceed with formal charges against Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor. Canada is extremely disappointed and concerned.
| Global Affairs Canada | statements
The Honourable Karina Gould, Minister of International Development, today issued the following statement: Today marks the anniversary of the 1994 adoption of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. The Convention seeks to address desertification and mitigate the effects of drought through national action programs that spell out long-term strategies, which are supported by international cooperation. Dryland ecosystems cover more than a third of the world’s land area and are often subject to inappropriate land use and overuse, as people strive to meet the immediate food, water and energy needs of their families. We know that as land degrades, political instability, conflict and migration increase—with devastating consequences for the land and the people who live on it.
| Global Affairs Canada | media advisories
The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Foreign Affairs, invites media to participate in a press conference on the results of the United Nations Security Council elections.
| Global Affairs Canada | statements
We, the Foreign Ministers of the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the High Representative of the European Union underscore our grave concern regarding China’s decision to impose a national security law on Hong Kong.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
The COVID-19 pandemic knows no borders, and overcoming this pandemic will require coordinated action around the world to provide support to those who need it most.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
Canada believes that—now more than ever—we must work closely together with our international trading partners because Canadians depend on open and flowing trade.
