Trudeau to co-host United Nations meeting as vote for Security Council seat nears GlobePolitics
“To address this pandemic, to keep people safe, to help our economies weather the storm, we need to collaborate. And with this forum, Canada will be there to help lead the way forward,” Mr. Trudeau said during his daily press conference on Tuesday.Canada’s ambassador to the UN, Marc-André Blanchard, said the meeting is a demonstration of Canada’s leadership on the global response to the pandemic.
The meeting will give Mr. Trudeau time with world leaders at the UN after weeks of near-daily phone calls with his counterparts. 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 says Canada will not use Thursday’s meeting as an attempt to boost the Security Council campaign. He predicts a “competitive” three-way race with Norway and Ireland.“Everybody recognizes that Norway is a shoo-in, and that’s because Norway over the years has been such an exemplary multilateral member,” said Stephen Lewis, a former Canadian ambassador to the UN.
Canada’s current run for a seat has been a cornerstone of Mr. Trudeau’s foreign policy since he declared “Canada is back” in 2015. Mr. Lewis said that declaration will no longer stand if Canada loses next month.
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