1.0EWB Canadahttps://www.ewb.ca/en/lyanasanpedrohttps://www.ewb.ca/en/author/lyanasanpedro/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://www.ewb.ca/en/news-and-events/news/unsc-fail/">#UNSC Fail</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,n=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!n){n=!0;for(var e,t,r=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),s=0;s<i.length;s++){if(!(e=i[s]).getAttribute("data-secret"))t=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t);if(r||a)(t=e.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),e.parentNode.replaceChild(t,e)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.ewb.ca/en/news-and-events/news/unsc-fail/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“#UNSC Fail” — EWB Canada" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>Last night we heard the news: Canada failed to secure a seat on the United Nations Security Council.  It’s been two decades since we last contributed to the Security Council’s decisions directly, and it’s Canada’s second failed attempt in the past decade. For all of us, hopeful and champions of a generous, principled and globally engaged Canada, this was a disappointment.  I can say personally it’s a disappointment in the outcome, not in the people involved. On multiple occasions our team has seen Marc-Andre Blanchard – Canada’s ambassador to the U.N. – deliver a humongous effort. I appreciated that our Minister for Foreign Affairs Francois Philippe Champagne focused his press conference last night on recognizing the team.  The first step of admitting failure is to take care of ourselves, and recognize it’s not the people to blame, but the process and result we can learn from. But then, what went wrong, and why does it matter? Those involved in the UN political system will say that the campaign started late, and that the race was tight or that Canada was too preachy. Those involved in Foreign Affairs and International Development (like we are) will say we need a new foreign policy in a new world and that we failed because Canada isn’t paying its fair share to global development efforts. Those who don’t care much for Canada’s role in the world will say this was a personal vanity project of the Prime Minister and their case-in-point: we didn’t get the seat.  Discussions on what went wrong are speculative. When a big public failure like that happens, many pundits will jump on the opportunity to make their point, and promote their worldview.  At the end of the day, a vote is a vote and a big part of it is unpredictable. […]https://www.ewb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Copy-of-Concordia_ChampagneParty1.jpg16001066