Canada to boycott UN-backed disarmament conference at View from Geneva

UN Watch to organize protest of North Korea’s presidency outside August session in Geneva GENEVA — In advance of the expected announcement today by...

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11/07/2011

UN Watch to organize protest of North Korea’s presidency outside August session in Geneva

GENEVA — In advance of the expected announcement today by Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird that Ottawa will boycott a UN-sponsored conference on disarmament, UN Watch issued the following statement:

“UN Watch salutes Canada for being the first country to denounce North Korea’s outrageous presidency of the UN-sponsored Conference on Disarmament,” said Hillel Neuer, executive director of the Geneva-based monitoring group which first reported the story