http://www.international.gc.ca/media http://www.international.gc.ca/RSS feed from DFAIT en 2013-05-28 Copyright http://www.international.gc.ca/media/rss/ http://www.international.gc.ca/media http://www.international.gc.ca/media http://www.international.gc.ca/wet30-1/aff/advisories-avis/2013/05/27a.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 05/28/2013 Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird and the Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Public Works and Government Services and Minister for Status of Women, will on Tuesday, May 28, 2013, officially open an exhibit of powerful photographs that shine light on the barbaric practice of early forced marriage. 05/28/2013 06/11/2013 http://www.international.gc.ca/wet30-1/aff/advisories-avis/2013/05/27a.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 05/27/2013 Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird and the Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Public Works and Government Services and Minister for Status of Women, will on Tuesday, May 28, 2013, officially open an exhibit of powerful photographs that shine light on the barbaric practice of early forced marriage. 05/27/2013 06/10/2013 http://www.international.gc.ca/wet30-1/aff/news-communiques/2013/05/21b.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 05/21/2013 Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement: “I have grown increasingly concerned in recent days as a spate of deadly sectarian violence has rocked cities and towns throughout Iraq. 05/21/2013 06/04/2013 http://www.international.gc.ca/wet30-1/aff/news-communiques/2013/05/12a.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 05/12/2013 This coming week, federal government ministers will demonstrate Canada’s principled foreign policy in action in the Americas, Europe and Africa. 05/12/2013 05/26/2013 http://www.international.gc.ca/wet30-1/aff/speeches-discours/2013/05/10a.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 05/10/2013 I’m here today to deliver a simple message: Canada stands with you. We stand with the courageous activists inside Iran…with the dedicated Canadian diaspora outside Iran …and with freedom-loving people everywhere who want a brighter future for your country. 05/10/2013 05/24/2013 http://www.international.gc.ca/wet30-1/orf-blr/news-communiques/2013/05/03.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 05/03/2013 Andrew Bennett, Canada’s Ambassador for Religious Freedom, today issued the following statement: “Canada condemns the arrest of Azad Sally, leader of Sri Lanka’s newly formed Muslim Tamil National Alliance. Mr. Sally was reportedly taken into custody by Sri Lankan authorities on May 2. 05/03/2013 05/17/2013 http://www.international.gc.ca/wet30-1/aff/news-communiques/2013/04/30a.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 04/30/2013 Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement: “Canada joins the European Court of Human Rights in condemning in the strongest terms the unlawful and arbitrary pre-trial detention of Yulia Tymoshenko by Ukrainian authorities in 2011. 04/30/2013 05/14/2013 http://www.international.gc.ca/wet30-1/orf-blr/news-communiques/2013/04/25a.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 04/25/2013 Andrew Bennett, Canada’s Ambassador to the Office of Religious Freedom, today issued the following statement: “Canada condemns the abduction of Metropolitan Paul (Yazigi) of the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese and Mar Gregorios Yohanna Ibrahim of the Syriac Archdiocese, both of Aleppo, Syria. " 04/25/2013 05/09/2013 http://www.international.gc.ca/wet30-1/aff/news-communiques/2013/04/23b.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 04/23/2013 On behalf of Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird, the Honourable Tim Uppal, Minister of State (Democratic Reform), today announced that a site has been selected for Canada’s National Holocaust Monument. 04/23/2013 05/07/2013 http://www.international.gc.ca/wet30-1/aff/news-communiques/2013/04/23b.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 04/23/2013 On behalf of Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird, the Honourable Tim Uppal, Minister of State (Democratic Reform), today announced that a site has been selected for Canada’s National Holocaust Monument. 04/23/2013 05/07/2013 http://www.international.gc.ca/wet30-1/aff/news-communiques/2013/04/19a.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 04/19/2013 Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird will travel to Luxembourg, Belgium and the United Kingdom from April 21 to 26, 2013. 04/19/2013 05/03/2013 http://www.international.gc.ca/wet30-1/aff/photos/2013/04/11a.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 04/11/2013 Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird announces that Canada is taking further action to prevent sexual violence against women and girls in conflict areas. 04/11/2013 04/25/2013 http://www.international.gc.ca/wet30-1/aff/news-communiques/2013/04/8a.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 04/08/2013 Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement: “I am concerned by recent violence at Saint Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo. 04/08/2013 04/22/2013 http://www.international.gc.ca/wet30-1/aff/news-communiques/2013/04/02b.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 04/02/2013 Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today announced that Ambassador Arif Lalani will assume new duties as Canada’s first-ever Special Envoy to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). 04/02/2013 04/16/2013 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2013/03/21b.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 03/21/2013 Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement: “Canada welcomes the UN Human Rights Council’s decision to establish a commission of inquiry to investigate ongoing, widespread and systematic human rights violations in North Korea, which may amount to crimes against humanity. It is a measure that Canada pushed for strongly and is proud to have co-sponsored. 03/21/2013 04/04/2013 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2013/03/09a.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 03/09/2013 Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement: “Canada condemns in the strongest terms today’s attack in Lahore, Pakistan, which resulted in the ransacking and burning of dozens of homes targeting Christian families. 03/09/2013 03/23/2013 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2013/03/05a.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 03/05/2013 Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement: “On March 6, 2011, the Assad regime arrested and brutally tortured 15 children from the Syrian city of Daraa for having painted graffiti calling for Assad to go. 03/05/2013 03/19/2013 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2013/03/01b.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 03/01/2013 Sudan, a country with a terrible human rights record, has sunk to new depths of cruelty, having carried out amputations on a man convicted of a criminal offence. 03/01/2013 03/15/2013 http://www.international.gc.ca/religious_freedom-liberte_de_religion/index.aspx DFAIT 02/19/2013 On February 19, 2013, the Government of Canada officially opened its Office of Religious Freedom, within Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada. 02/19/2013 03/05/2013 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/photos/2013/01/22a.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 01/22/2013 Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird attends an international meeting on freedom of religion or belief in London on January 22, 2013. The event, hosted by Baroness Warsi, the United Kingdom’s Senior Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Minister of State for Faith and Communities at the Department for Communities and Local Government, brought together representatives of various countries to discuss a common approach to combatting religious intolerance and enhancing the promotion and protection of human rights. 01/22/2013 02/05/2013 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2012/12/10b.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 12/10/2012 Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird issued the following statement on the occasion of Human Rights Day: “On this day, we recommit ourselves to working toward the promotion of freedom, democracy, human rights and the rule of law around the world. 12/10/2012 12/24/2012 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2012/12/10a.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 12/10/2012 The Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Public Works and Government Services and Minister for Status of Women, today issued the following statement marking Human Rights Day: “On Human Rights Day, the final day of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence, we acknowledge this cornerstone of democracy and stand side by side with women around the world. 12/10/2012 12/24/2012 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/state-etat/news-communiques/2012/11/14a.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 11/14/2012 The Honourable Diane Ablonczy, Minister of State of Foreign Affairs (Americas and Consular Affairs), today announced additional Canadian support for the Colombian government’s land restitution efforts, which will help foster peace, security and justice for Colombians. 11/14/2012 11/28/2012 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2012/10/02a.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 10/02/2012 Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird and the Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of International Cooperation, today issued the following statement in response to the first interim report of the Mission Canada–Ukraine Elections 2012 electoral observation mission 10/02/2012 10/16/2012 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/state-etat/news-communiques/2012/07/24a.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 07/24/2012 The Honourable Diane Ablonczy, Minister of State of Foreign Affairs (Americas and Consular Affairs), today issued the following statement on the death of Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas 07/24/2012 08/07/2012 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2012/05/14a.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 05/14/2012 Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement: “Canada remains deeply concerned by Iran’s ongoing, persistent and pervasive persecution of religious minorities. 05/14/2012 05/28/2012 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/photos/2012/03/21b.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 03/21/2012 Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird meets with Bandar bin Mohammad Al-Aiban, President of the Saudi Human Rights Commission. 03/21/2012 04/04/2012 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2012/03/19d.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 03/19/2012 Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement: “I was extremely troubled to learn earlier today that a senior official of Hamas, a listed terrorist organization, was accredited to attend an event on the margins of the 19th Session of the UN Human Rights Council, in Geneva. 03/19/2012 04/02/2012 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2012/03/05a.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 03/05/2012 Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement: "The continuing, appalling violence perpetrated by the Assad regime on the people of Syria compels us to again tighten the vice on those responsible. 03/05/2012 03/19/2012 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2012/02/04a.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 02/04/2012 Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement 02/04/2012 02/18/2012 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/state-etat/news-communiques/2012/01/26a.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 01/26/2012 The Honourable Diane Ablonczy, Minister of State of Foreign Affairs (Americas and Consular Affairs), today made the following statement on learning that the five-year sentence imposed on Canadian Naser Al-Raas has been upheld. 01/26/2012 02/09/2012 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2011/392.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 12/25/2011 No. 392 - December 25, 2011 - 12:15 p.m. ET 12/25/2011 01/08/2012 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2011/391.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 12/23/2011 No. 391 - December 23, 2011 - 5:55 p.m. ET 12/23/2011 01/06/2012 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/advisories-avis/2011/A-101.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 12/23/2011 No. A/101 December 23, 2011 12/23/2011 01/06/2012 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/advisories-avis/2011/A-101.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 12/22/2011 No. A/101 December 22, 2011 12/22/2011 01/05/2012 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2011/384.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 12/19/2011 No. 384 - December 19, 2011 - 1:45 p.m. ET 12/19/2011 01/02/2012 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2011/380.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 12/16/2011 No. 380 - December 16, 2011 - 4:40 p.m. ET 12/16/2011 12/30/2011 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2011/359.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 11/30/2011 No. 359 – November 30, 2011 – 2 p.m. ET 11/30/2011 12/14/2011 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2011/354.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 11/28/2011 No. 354 – November 27, 2011 – 7:15 p.m. ET 11/28/2011 12/12/2011 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2011/353.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 11/25/2011 No. 353 – November 25, 2011 – 11:00 a.m. ET 11/25/2011 12/09/2011 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2011/348.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 11/17/2011 No. 348 – November 16, 2011 – 7:20 p.m. ET 11/17/2011 12/01/2011 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2011/319.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 10/24/2011 No. 319 - October 24, 2011 - 1:20 p.m. ET 10/24/2011 11/07/2011 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2011/310.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 10/20/2011 No. 310 - October 19, 2011 - 8:05 p.m. ET 10/20/2011 11/03/2011 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2011/301.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 10/13/2011 No. 301 - October 13, 2011 - 4:20 p.m. ET 10/13/2011 10/27/2011 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2011/296.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 10/11/2011 No. 296 - October 11, 2011 - 6:15 p.m. ET 10/11/2011 10/25/2011 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2011/293.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 10/11/2011 No. 293 - October 11, 2011 - 8:15 a.m. ET 10/11/2011 10/25/2011 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2011/292.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 10/10/2011 No. 292 - October 10, 2011 – 2:30 p.m. ET 10/10/2011 10/24/2011 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2011/277.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 09/29/2011 No. 277 – September 28, 2011 – 10:30 ET 09/29/2011 10/13/2011 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2011/274.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 09/23/2011 No. 274 - September 23, 2011 - 5 p.m. ET 09/23/2011 10/07/2011 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/speeches-discours/2010/2010-078.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 09/07/2011 Address by Minister Cannon to Diplomatic Forum, No. 2010/78 - Ottawa, Ontario - October 6, 2010 09/07/2011 09/21/2011 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2011/251.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 08/31/2011 No. 251 - August 31, 2011 - 4:40 p.m. ET 08/31/2011 09/14/2011 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2011/244.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 08/24/2011 No. 244 - August 24, 2011 - 5 p.m. ET 08/24/2011 09/07/2011 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2011/227.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 08/12/2011 No. 227 - August 11, 2011 - 9:15 p.m. ET 08/12/2011 08/26/2011 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2011/220.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 08/04/2011 No. 220 - August 3, 2011 - 11 p.m. ET 08/04/2011 08/18/2011 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2011/219.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 08/04/2011 No. 219 - August 3, 2011 - 10 p.m. ET 08/04/2011 08/18/2011