| Global Affairs Canada | media advisories
On behalf of the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, Emmanuel Dubourg, Member of Parliament for Bourassa, will make an announcement on support for the United Nations Development Program.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
Haiti is one of the most vulnerable countries to natural disasters and climate change. The hurricane season of 2016 was particularly devastating for the country. Hurricane Matthew's recovery efforts are still ongoing, with the addition of damage caused by Hurricane Irma in 2017.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
Global trade offers real opportunities for hard-working middle-class Canadians by helping to grow Canadian businesses, creating jobs and securing Canada’s prosperity.
| Global Affairs Canada | backgrounders
Today, Canada announced $8.3 million (2017-2018 to 2022-2023) to a Women’s Voice and Leadership initiative in Haiti led by the Centre for International Studies and Cooperation (CECI).
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
Canada believes that society is more prosperous, peaceful, secure and united when women’s rights are respected, their voices are heard and they can exercise their leadership. Women’s rights organizations and women’s local movements in developing countries are key agents of change that help strengthen the rights of women and girls, and help societies achieve gender equality.
| Global Affairs Canada | speeches
I am inspired by the women I have met here today: Haitian women who are engaged and determined leaders.
| Global Affairs Canada | backgrounders
Canada remains deeply concerned by the plight of the Rohingya and other ethnic minorities in Myanmar. The extrajudicial killings and other gross violations of human rights, including sexual violence, are part of a widespread attack against the Rohingya. These are crimes against humanity.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced, on behalf of the Government of Canada, targeted sanctions against Major-General Maung Maung Soe, under the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act. These sanctions are a result of the significant role played by this key military official in human rights violations against the Rohingya in Myanmar and in the violence and persecution that has forced more than 688,000 Rohingya to flee their country.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
Canada and Haiti enjoy a special relationship. Canada has long had close links with Haiti and stands in solidarity with the Haitian people.
| Global Affairs Canada | statements
I have recently returned from visiting once again the large Rohingya camp in Bangladesh, and have spoken with senior officials in that country and in Myanmar. I also visited the town of Sittwe in central Rakhine State, and joined a number of diplomats and UN officials on a daylong helicopter tour of the north of Rakhine.
