Security Council

Was it righteousness or incompetence that cost Canada a seat on the Security Council?

While the U.S. State Department was careful yesterday not to say who the United States voted for at the United Nations, the...

COYNE on Canada’s defeat at the UN Security Council

The Prime Minister makes his first comments on the lost security council vote.

India and China reportedly supported Portugal over Canada in the security council vote, while an official with the United Arab...

In an opinion piece for Fox News, a former spokesman for several American ambassadors to the United Nations says the United States...

To explain the security council vote, the Globe cites a shrinking international profile (exacerbated by minority government), a...

While the Harper government blames Michael Ignatieff, ambassadors interviewed by Canadian Press don’t mention the opposition...

Emboldened by Canada’s defeat, Australia now seems well-placed to win a seat on the UN security council. Alas, their bid is almost...

WELLS: Harper’s ambivalence about the UN cost Canada its shot at the big table—but his ambivalence has a constituency