Canada is in a serious competition for election to the Security Council in October this year. But the Security Council — and the global environment — have changed dramatically in the decade since Canada was last elected.
In a public lecture, Colin Keating, a former New Zealand Ambassador on the Security Council and now head of a think tank in New York that is the leading commentator on the Security Council, discussed the challenges Canada faces and the risks and opportunities for elected members.
Keating is a former New Zealand diplomat and Legal Adviser of the Foreign Ministry. He served as New Zealand Ambassador to the UN from 1993–1996, and was Security Council president during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Keating has been widely recognized for his leadership and advocacy at that time in trying to secure a timely and effective response. He also led the Security Council Mission to Somalia and chaired the Security Council Committee on Sanctions against Iraq.
