Trudeau to co-host United Nations meeting as vote for Security Council seat nears GlobePolitics
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will co-host a virtual United Nations meeting Thursday in an attempt to find solutions to the international development emergency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The UN says the pandemic will cause the global economy to sharply contract this year, forcing more than 300 million people out of work and another 30 million people into extreme poverty. Mr. Blanchard said he is particularly concerned about the impacts on developing and small island states, which anticipate cash-flow problems as critical sectors, such as tourism, are devastated by the pandemic.
The meeting will give Mr. Trudeau more face time with world leaders at the UN, following weeks of near-daily phone calls with his counterparts in the lead up to the Security Council vote. A spokesperson for the Prime Minister’s Office said that while the global response to COVID-19 has been the focus of Mr. Trudeau’s bilateral calls, the Security Council campaign has come up in some conversations.
Mr. Blanchard predicts a “competitive” three-way race between Canada, Norway and Ireland that will be decided by a few votes.“Everybody recognizes that Norway is a shoe-in and that’s because Norway over the years has been such an exemplary multilateral member in every respect,” said Stephen Lewis, a former Canadian ambassador to the UN.
Canada last sat on the Security Council in 1999-2000. Former prime minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative government withdrew Canada’s candidacy for a Security Council seat in 2010 when it became clear Canada would lose to Portugal.
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