| Global Affairs Canada | speeches
Mr. Chair, Honourable Members, thank you for the invitation to appear before you today.The work you do here is important, because the relationship between Canada and China is important to Canadians.
| Global Affairs Canada | statements
We, the Foreign Ministers of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States Secretary of State reiterate our serious concern regarding China’s imposition of new rules to disqualify elected legislators in Hong Kong. Following the imposition of the National Security Law and postponement of September’s Legislative Council elections, this decision further undermines Hong Kong’s high degree of autonomy and rights and freedoms.
| Global Affairs Canada | statements
Canada is deeply concerned by recent developments in Ethiopia, including ongoing reports of violence and allegations of atrocities.
| Global Affairs Canada | statements
We, the members of the Media Freedom Coalition, held our first ministerial-level meeting on November 16, 2020, to exchange views and coordinate action in the defence of media freedom worldwide.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Dominic Raab, the United Kingdom’s First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, today announced the winner of the first Canada-United Kingdom Media Freedom Award to recognize the journalists, individuals and organizations that actively promote and protect media freedom.
| Global Affairs Canada | statements
Today, the United Nations General Assembly’s Third Committee adopted a resolution on child, early and forced marriage. Canada is proud to have joined Zambia in leading this resolution, which received the support of a total of 114 co-sponsors from around the world. The resolution highlights concerning trends emerging in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and calls upon the international community to take concrete action to maintain and accelerate progress to end child, early and forced marriage.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Foreign Affairs, co-hosted today the second Global Conference for Media Freedom with Kabo Neale Sechele Morwaeng, Botswana’s Minister for Presidential Affairs, Governance and Public Administration.
| Global Affairs Canada | statements
The undersigned members of the Media Freedom Coalition’s Executive Group express concern at the continued restrictions on media freedom in Egypt, including the recent arrest and intimidation of individuals associated with journalist Khaled el-Balshy, editor-in-chief of the news website Darb. In particular, the Coalition is concerned by the arrest of Kamal el-Balshy, brother of Khaled, on September 20, 2020. The Coalition urges authorities to allow journalists in Egypt to practise their profession without fear of arrest or reprisal.
| Global Affairs Canada | backgrounders
The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced the following diplomatic appointments:
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced the following diplomatic appointments:
