| Global Affairs Canada | statements
The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement on the verdict delivered in the trial of two Reuters journalists arrested in Myanmar in December 2017 and charged in July 2018 for obtaining secret documents
| Global Affairs Canada | statements
Canada is concerned by the escalation of violence in and around Tripoli, Libya, including the use of indiscriminate shelling.
| Global Affairs Canada | statements
Canada is concerned by the Government of Guatemala’s decision not to renew the mandate of the United Nations International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) beyond its end date of September 2019.
| Global Affairs Canada | statements
The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement welcoming the United Nations report on human rights abuses in Nicaragua:
| Global Affairs Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs will hold a media availability in Washington D.C.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
Canada and Israel have long been connected through the power of people-to-people ties, a shared conviction in democracy and a legacy of friendship that started in lockstep 70 years ago and continues to grow with each passing year.
| Global Affairs Canada | speeches
Canada and Germany have a long history of working together in multilateral institutions. For example, we helped create the International Criminal Court, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. We are allies in the fight against climate change and in our support for the Paris Accord—a fight lent fresh urgency by the fires this summer in Potsdam here in Germany and in British Columbia in my own country.
| Global Affairs Canada | statements
Since August 2017, the international community has been outraged by the horrific campaign of violence and gross human rights violations in Myanmar’s Rakhine state. The Rohingya people have been subjected to a decades-long campaign of systematic discrimination perpetrated by the Myanmar security forces, including the most repugnant sexual violence which has led to nearly 725,000 Rohingya fleeing the country into neighbouring Bangladesh.
| Global Affairs Canada | statements
The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty [CTBT] is an integral component of the global non-proliferation and disarmament regime, and Canada strongly supports efforts toward its full ratification. The entry into force of the Treaty will provide tangible security benefits for all states, and help to advance our collective efforts to halt the spread of nuclear weapons and eliminate existing arsenals.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
The Honourable Jim Carr, Minister of International Trade Diversification, will travel to Thailand from August 28 to 30, 2018, to promote the growing bilateral trade and investment relationship between Canada and Thailand.
