Foreign Affairs   their peacekeeping commitments with their other national and international commitments. Achieving this balance is not going to be easy. Our current peacekeeping and related missions are considerable in terms of both the sheer geographic reach of the Canadian forces and the different types

Foreign Affairs   of helplessness in the face of explosive situations they could do nothing about. I would like, at this point, to try to outline on what basis the decision should be made in Canada to participate in UN missions or not. It is clear that Canada can no longer afford to participate in all

Foreign Affairs   toll reaches hundreds of thousands and with all that is happening daily, CSCE argues about wording acceptable to all member countries. Although I am placing a lot of emphasis on CSCE, having attended its important conference in Madrid 12 years ago I do have my criticism of it. I

Foreign Affairs   which benefit only arms dealers or crackpot idealists or people who will use any means to reach their ends. However, I would like to have some clarification on air raids, which are at the heart of the debate on Bosnia. When we go on peace missions, do we also have to have air raids

Foreign Affairs   asking for through their commanding officers to enforce a peace and to stop the cycle of bloodshed and destruction. Would he agree to a change in the rules of engagement of the United Nations and finally strengthening that position so that no longer will we have the cycle

Foreign Affairs  , I am happy to see that Canada has been participating in the United Nations observer mission in Salvador since September 1991. Two members of the Canadian forces are currently monitoring the implementation of the agreements reached between the Government of Salvador

Foreign Affairs   now in peacekeeping operations. We depend on them heavily. We will I believe and I hope depend on them even more heavily in future. It is clearly the way to go. I was in the forces myself in the reserves in an institution that no longer exists, the University Naval Training

Foreign Affairs   and perhaps more importantly to allow these organizations through which hundreds of Canadians want to provide humanitarian relief to reach the people who need it.

Foreign Affairs   die for lack of food or medical aid. Yet I know that in my heart we cannot continue for much longer under the present circumstances. Canadian lives have been and will continue to be lost for a mission that I now believe can achieve no satisfactory conclusion. We must be prepared

Foreign Affairs   peacekeepers to Croatia and later to Bosnia and Hercegovina, I was confident that a resolution to the conflict was within reach. I was optimistic that with peacekeepers, there would be peace. Unfortunately I was mistaken. On February 21, 1992 Canada announced that it would commit up

Foreign Affairs   not there, would food, medicine, and blankets have any chance of reaching those protected areas that receive a stream of destitute refugees? Mr. Speaker, the answer is no. In fact, inter-ethnic confrontations in the former Yugoslavia have caused the exodus of millions of people who

Foreign Affairs   prestige in the world was reached during the Suez crisis of 1956. As most hon. members well know Mr. Pearson won the Nobel peace prize. At that time Canada stood at the forefront of world security and peace efforts and we were a very proud nation. Our commitment to international

Foreign Affairs   the fighting. An agreement of sorts has been reached between the Serbs and the Croats over borders in Croatia and in Srebrenica, and the fighting has been contained. They also have been reasonably successful in delivering humanitarian aid which is their prime mandate, including medical

Foreign Affairs  , the carnage and the violence does not stop. We cannot continue to be witnesses of this holocaust any longer. We cannot pull out. Air strikes alone, our military people tell us, will not achieve the objective we are seeking. If we are serious about safe havens in Tuzla, in Sarajevo

Foreign Affairs   from all of those in the field. Certainly in the absence of a very clear ability to do that the humanitarian mission of the United Nations is jeopardized. In the longer term, particularly in Croatia, the United Nations must not be seen as a power which effectively freezes