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Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand used Canada's address to the United Nations General Assembly to emphasize strategic autonomy, stronger cooperation among middle powers and support for the International Criminal Court. She also called for a just peace in Ukraine, Palestinian and Israeli self-determination, an end to hate-based violence and cooperation with whoever is elected UN secretary-general.
OTTAWA —Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand has put “ strategic autonomy” at the forefront of Canada’s address to the United Nations General Assembly today. Anand’s speech echoes Prime Minister Mark Carney’s quest for middle powers to work together by forging deeper ties.
She says Canada supports the International Criminal Court, amid Washington’s quest to dismantle the institution and while critics argue Canada is not calling out American coercion. Anand also says Canada is ready to work with whoever UN members elect as their next secretary-general regardless of gender, after the Trudeau government had called for a woman to lead the organization.
Her speech calls for a just peace in Ukraine, self-determination for Palestinians and Israelis, and an end to hate-based violence such as an attack last weekend on an Ontario synagogue. Anand spoke instead of Carney, who was at the UN from Monday to Wednesday but whose officials said he could not deliver Canada’s address due to scheduling issues. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 26, 2026. Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press
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