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Category: Opinion

Canada can help establish an international protective force in Gaza

Posted on April 8, 2024April 8, 2024 by Lloyd Axworthy in Opinion

The killing of aid workers in Gaza highlights the need to protect the supply and distribution of humanitarian assistance. Supplying aid is one thing, but making sure it reaches the people in need is a separate challenge. We believe that Canada can make a meaningful difference in meeting that challenge, write Lloyd Axworthy and Allan Rock.

Canada’s plan to require visas from some Mexicans is a dangerous overreaction

Posted on February 29, 2024February 29, 2024 by WRMC in Opinion

Lloyd Axworthy, Rafael Fernandez de Castro and Fen Hampson write that It was clearly tempting for Ottawa to reach once again for this kill switch, especially amid public pressure from Quebec and the United States. But, they note, it should not have taken such drastic action.

The G7 can prove its commitment to Ukraine by seizing Russian assets

Posted on January 17, 2024January 17, 2024 by Lloyd Axworthy in Opinion

WRMC’s Lloyd Axworthy and Fen Hampson write in the Globe and Mail that G7 leaders must stop dragging their feet and take Russia’s money now and redirect it to Ukraine.

Secretary-General António Guterres (at podium) briefs reporters on the situation in Gaza.

The UN can play a big role in what comes next in Gaza – and Canada is well-placed to help

Posted on January 2, 2024January 2, 2024 by Lloyd Axworthy in Opinion

Lloyd Axworthy and Michael Manukau write that Canada has an opportunity to step up its diplomatic efforts to achieve a solution to what is presently an intractable crisis in Gaza.

Middle East, North Africa water crisis must be top of the agenda at COP28

Posted on December 6, 2023December 13, 2023 by HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal in Opinion

At the Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP28) in Dubai, we must come together and create a concrete, realistic, and consensual roadmap for the cooperative and productive management of water resources, write WRMC Honorary Chair Prince El Hassan Bin Talal and Tabinda Sarosh.

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The World Refugee & Migration Council offers bold strategic thinking about how the international community can comprehensively respond to refugees and the forcibly displaced through the principles of international cooperation and responsibility sharing. Council members include leaders, practitioners and innovators from developing and developed countries across the globe.

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