The Address by Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon on G8 today

The Address by Foreign Minister Cannon to Munk School of Global Affairs on June 18, 2010. He mentioned about Burma and North Korea.


The G-8 today

The G-8’s past success and enduring value lies in its unique role as a forum for leading and like-minded countries to engage in frank, focused discussion on some of the most difficult global challenges.

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In their discussions in Muskoka, leaders will build on the G-8’s record and advance the results of the G-8 foreign ministers’ meeting, which concentrated on three themes: nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, Afghanistan and Pakistan, and the security vulnerabilities many countries are facing.
Non-proliferation
This agenda reflects the reality that the global threat posed by the potential use of nuclear weapons by state and non-state actors remains very real.

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Speaking at the Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference [2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons] recently in New York, I called on North Korea to return to the Six-Party Talks, to dismantle its nuclear weapons program in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner, and to accept comprehensive international safeguards for its nuclear programs.
North Korea may be working to export its nuclear technology to another country with a deplorable human rights record, Burma, a country against which we have implemented very stringent sanctions.
In spite of the challenges posed by the activities of Iran and North Korea, the Non-Proliferation Treaty is being strengthened. …………………………………………….”