Passage to Peace
Few could have predicted the longevity of the peacekeeper when Canadian politician Lester B. Pearson conceived of the role — perhaps not even Pearson himself. Then secretary of state for external affairs and, as such, Canada’s representative to the United Nations, he…
In support of Canada’s role on world stage
Editor’s Note: Reprinted with the permission of The Toronto Star syndicate published September 18, 2000. In this article, columnist Graham Fraser, a National Affairs writer, describes an emerging trend: Canadian novelists dealing with Canadians wrestling with international conflict.
Peacekeeping: The Dynamics of Structural Rigidities
Peacekeeping has become an element of Canadian cultural iconography; two generations of schoolchildren have been raised on stories of Canada’s proud peacekeeping record since the days of the United Nations Emergency Force in the Middle East in the 1950s. Canadians see peacekeeping…
The Security Council Then and Now
After 25 years of active involvement with The United Nations and associated agencies, and twenty years of retirement to reflect on what it all meant, it was suggested that it might be useful if I were to try to put on record…
A Soldier’s Story
A Canadian peacekeeper recounts his seven months in the firing line near Sarajevo.
Editor’s Notebook // Carnet du rédacteur
Some weeks ago I attended (purely in a stand-in capacity, you understand…) a meeting at which a large number of directors of divisions that deal predominantly with trade relations were present. At one point in the discussions, someone said, as an aside,…
Towards a New World Order
One of the more difficult problems now facing all NATO governments, individually and collectively, is how to structure national armed forces to meet the largely unknowable requirements of the decades ahead.
CREATIVE DIPLOMACY:
The practice of diplomacy is probably entrenched in as many ways as is the practice of the legal profession or the military profession. Is there a possibility for “creative diplomacy” “, or is the concept impossible to achieve from the start? If…
A Day in the Life of a Canadian in Kabul
Lt. Col. David Leslie was the senior Canadian officer with the United Nations Good Offices Mission in Afghanistan and Pakistan (UNGOMAP). The following article is based on his impressions and observations after six months in Afghanistan and before the last of the…
A Life in Peace and War
For those Canadians who have been involved in the affairs and activities of the United Nations at any time, from its beginnings in 1945 until 1986, the name of Brian Urquhart has been known and respected as a model of what an…
