Canada boycotts UN (disarmament) body over North Korea

[pampango]

Source: CBC

Canada is boycotting a UN body dedicated to disarmament to protest against North Korea being named its chair, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird announced Monday.

The Conference on Disarmament, where UN members negotiate disarmament and other arms control agreements, is heavily focused on the prevention of a nuclear arms race and nuclear disarmament.

"North Korea is simply not a credible chair at this United Nations body. The regime is a major proliferator of nuclear weapons and its non-compliance with its disarmament obligations goes against the fundamental principle of this committee," Baird said during a call with media to make the announcement.

"North Korea's chairmanship undermines the integrity of both the disarmament framework and of the United Nations, and Canada simply will not support that."

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/07/11/pol-baird-un-north-korea.html?ref=rss

[whosinpower]

1. Says the same guy

Who, along with Clement, took 50 million out of the border security fund to pay for gazebo's in Clement's riding to dress it up for the G8 summit.

Credibility and John Baird are allergic to each other.

[AmericaIsGreat]

2. True, but he's still right

N. Korea the chair of a disarmament committee? lol

[saras]

5. Exact same size LOL with Baird on the committee

[Darth_Kitten]

6. Oh, come on, know it's Baird, but North Korea?

:shrug:

[lsewpershad]

3. Disarmament???

Is America a member of thhe body??????????????

[Heywood J]

4. Will the North Korean delegate be begging food from

the other delegates? I hear they sold all their food for material to make nuclear bombs.