Canada appoints new ambassadors to Palestinian Authority, UN

Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly announced that Graham Dattels has become Canada ’s representative to the Palestinian Authority, replacing the previous ambassador, David Da Silva.

Peter MacDougall was announced as Canada’s new ambassador and permanent representative to the Office of the United Nations and to the United Nations Conference on Disarmament, in Geneva, replacing Leslie E. Norton. Most recently, MacDougall was assistant deputy minister for global issues and development at Global Affairs Canada and served as Canada’s G7 foreign affairs sous-sherpa.

“The International Criminal Court is independent in its work, and I’ve said from the very beginning how important it is that everyone respect and abide by international law,” Trudeau said at a Tuesday afternoon news conference in Philadelphia.

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