Volatile world, arbitrary detentions have Ottawa seeking more friends at UN next week

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OTTAWA — The Trudeau government is planning to use next week's United Nations General Assembly to try building momentum against states using people as pawns in diplomatic spats, with the help of former detainees such as Michael Kovrig.

"We're in the midst of an international security crisis. That's the reality in which Canada and the world is right now," Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly told The Canadian Press in an exclusive interview.Joly will co-host a meeting with her counterparts from Costa Rica and Malawi, as well as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, on ways to prevent states from arresting foreigners on political grounds.

A meeting next week to touch base on those goals will include people who have been arbitrarily detained, including former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig, whom China imprisoned for more than 1,000 days.The work against arbitrary detention involves a range of countries, Joly said, particularly smaller ones that Ottawa isn't in frequent contact with, such as Panama, Tonga and Benin

"We need to develop new relationships in order to find the right partners to reinforce the importance of the rules that have kept us safe since the Second World War," she said.The face-time will also help Canada's campaign to join the UN Human Rights Council, Joly said."We will be advocating for our bid in every single meeting."

Canada is leading an effort to co-ordinate Haiti's policing needs and what resources other countries can offer, and Joly said the meeting in New York will help Ottawa push for more countries to help Haitians restore normalcy.

 

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