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The Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, and Isabella Lövin, Sweden’s Minister for International Development Cooperation and Climate, and Deputy Prime Minister, today announced that Canada will replace Sweden as the donor co-chair of the International Dialogue on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding.
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Jean Lebel (Ottawa, Ontario) – PhD in environmental sciences, University of Québec in Montréal, Québec; MScA in occupational health sciences, McGill University, Montréal, Québec; B.Sc. in biology (ecology), University du Québec in Montréal, Montréal, Québec.
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Canada is committed to investing in knowledge and solutions that improve people’s lives in the developing world. Through the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada invests in knowledge, innovation, and solutions to improve lives and livelihoods and help drive large-scale positive change.
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Canada is providing an additional $18 million for humanitarian assistance to conflict- and drought-affected people in Somalia.
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Canada is providing assistance to address the critical needs of the millions of people in Somalia who continue to face hunger, disease, displacement, physical insecurity and loss of livelihoods as a result of the ongoing conflict and natural disasters, especially drought.
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Canada’s announcement of $19.5 million in funding will help experienced humanitarian partners provide life-saving assistance to millions of people in Syria and Lebanon affected by the Syrian conflict.
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The conflict in the Middle East continues to affect millions of vulnerable people in Syria and its neighbouring countries, including Lebanon.
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Canada congratulates His Highness the Aga Khan, on his Diamond Jubilee. The Aga Khan will visit Canada to celebrate this anniversary.
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Building on the progress made by the Millennium Development Goals between 2000 and 2015, the 2030 Agenda sets 17 Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs, to eradicate poverty, end hunger, protect the planet and ensure prosperity by the year 2030. The SDGs apply to every country.
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Canada and the rest of the world adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the UN General Assembly in 2015. This universal plan of action aims to eradicate poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity in every country, including Canada. The Government of Canada is committed to building the more peaceful, inclusive and prosperous world that the SDGs envision and recognizes that the only way to do this is by working together with all national partners.
