Canada a wallflower at UN dance

Toronto Star

Lynda Hurst
May 19, 2008

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A seat on the United Nations Security Council is the most sought-after property on the international stage.

No question about it, says Paul Heinbecker, Canada's UN ambassador from 2001 to 2004.

"The council decides on peace and war, it commands 100,000 troops. All countries want a seat, the Germans and Japanese bend over backwards to get one."

But suddenly not Canada.

Though Ottawa announced in …

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