Seek leadership opportunities for Canada and Canadians in multilateral institutions.

What success looks like

Canada and Canadians play a leading role in international organizations.

Government's narrative on progress

Canada has sought to take a leadership role in multilateral institutions by reaffirming its commitment to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) and leading NATO's multinational battlegroup in Latvia. In 2018, Canada held the G7 presidency and hosted G7 partners in Canada for a series of ministerial meetings throughout the year, in addition to the Leaders' Summit in Charlevoix, Quebec, on June 8-9, 2018. In March 2018, Canada announced that it was deploying an Air Task Force to the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali for a period of 12 months to help build durable peace, development and prosperity in that country. The Task Force became operational in August 2018. Canada is currently seeking a non-permanent seat on the United Nations (UN) Security Council for 2020-2021 Several Canadians have recently been appointed to senior positons in the UN. For example, Canadian Kim Prost was elected to a nine-year term as a judge on the International Criminal Court in December 2017. An Action Plan for international staffing will ensure that more Canadians secure positions of influence in multilateral institutions. Canada is taking a leadership role supporting, among other initiatives: ? The Vancouver Principles – focused on ending the recruitment and use of child soldiers in the context of UN peacekeeping operations. ? The Elsie Initiative for Women in Peace Operations – a pilot project that aims to test approaches to increase the meaningful participation of uniformed women in UN peace operations. See links below for further details.

Note: this is the government's own description, not an independent assessment.