Food exports from #Ukraine feed the world. But Russia is attempting to destroy this agricultural industry by striking commercial vessels and Ukrainian ports.
These continuous strikes are a serious threat to global food security.
#StandWithUkraine#WorldFoodDay
Through the Toronto Pledge, 54 countries and organisations are committed to helping bring home Ukrainians held, deported or forcibly transferred by Russia and support their recovery and reintegration.
Learn more: canada.ca/en/global-affairs/…#StandWithUkraine
ALT Bringing Ukrainians home takes international cooperation.
TORONTO PLEDGE [4/4]
We commit to working together to support their return, recovery and reintegration.
Commitments matter when they lead to action.
Following the Toronto conference, Canada, Ukraine, Norway and international partners are working to support those who return, reunite families and help people rebuild their lives.
#StandWithUkraine#BringKidsBack
ALT “Small things that are actually done are worth more to us than large things that are proclaimed on paper.”
Denys Uliutin
Minister of Social Policy, Family and Unity of Ukraine
The Toronto Pledge calls for humane treatment and humanitarian access for Ukrainian POWs held by Russia, in line with international humanitarian law, and supports their safe return.
Learn more: canada.ca/en/global-affairs/…#StandWithUkraine
ALT Russia must comply with international law in its treatment of Ukrainian POWs.
TORONTO PLEDGE [3/4]
We commit to strengthening diplomatic efforts to improve humane treatment and humanitarian access, and to expanding pathways for safe return.
Russia has destroyed millions of books in #Ukraine ahead of the new school year.
When Russian strikes burn Ukrainian books, it’s an attack on education, language, and history.
#StandWithUkraine
Under the Toronto Pledge, international partners committed to helping locate Ukrainian civilians unlawfully detained by Russia, uphold their rights and support their release.
Learn more: canada.ca/en/global-affairs/…#StandWithUkraine
ALT Thousands of Ukrainian civilians remain unlawfully detained by Russia.
TORONTO PLEDGE [2/4]
We commit to supporting efforts for their return, rehabilitation and reintegration.
This week, 54 states endorsed the Toronto Pledge to help locate Ukrainian children unlawfully deported or forcibly transferred by Russia, bring them home and reunite them with their families.
Learn more: canada.ca/en/global-affairs/…#BringKidsBack
ALT Thousands of Ukrainian children have been unlawfully deported or forcibly transferred by Russia.
TORONTO PLEDGE [1/4]
We commit to supporting efforts to find them and bring them home.
The Toronto conference focused on turning international commitments into practical action.
Canada is working with Ukraine, Norway and international partners to strengthen coordination on return, protection, recovery and reintegration.
#StandWithUkraine#BringKidsBack
ALT “This is a complex task. But complexity should never be an excuse for inaction.”
The Honourable Anita Anand
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Protecting civilians is a fundamental obligation under international humanitarian law.
Norway is working with Canada, Ukraine and international partners to help bring Ukrainians home and support them as they rebuild their lives.
#StandWithUkraine#BringKidsBack
ALT “Families have the right to information about the fate and whereabouts of their relatives.”
Eivind Vad Petersson
Norwegian State Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs
Today, as we remember the children who never came home and honour Survivors who continue to carry the weight of the devastating legacy of residential schools, we remain committed in our shared responsibility to advance truth, healing, and reconciliation.
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ALT Children’s shoes and toys are placed in front of the Centennial Flame on Parliament Hill in memory of the 215 children whose remains were found near the former residential school in Kamloops, B.C., in 2021.
ALT Prime Minister Mark Carney is holding hands with an Indigenous person while holding an orange feather.
ALT Indigenous Elders are playing the drums in front of a crowd at the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation ceremony in Ottawa, Ontario.
Ministers Marc Miller, Rebecca Alty, Rebecca Chartrand and Mandy Gull-Masty make a statement to mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
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In Toronto, international partners are identifying practical steps to bring Ukrainian children, unlawfully detained civilians and POWs home.
Canada is working with Ukraine and Norway to turn commitments into action.
#StandWithUkraine#BringKidsBack
ALT "The release of our people—all of them—is a key checkpoint on any path to peace."
Andrii Sybiha
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
(via video address)
Canada, Ukraine and Norway are uniting international partners in Toronto to strengthen efforts to:
•bring Ukrainians home
•protect those who remain
•support those who return
#StandWithUkraine#BringKidsBack
ALT “We will not look away. We will not normalise what Russia has done. Bring them home.”
The Honourable Anita Anand
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Minister Anand welcomed Johann Wadephul, Germany’s Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Ottawa. They discussed a range of bilateral, regional and global issues, as well as opportunities to further strengthen the partnership between Canada and Germany.
Minister Sidhu met with Germany’s Minister for Foreign Affairs alongside a delegation of German business leaders in Ottawa to explore new opportunities to expand trade, investment and economic cooperation between Canada and #Germany. 🇨🇦🤝🇩🇪
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ALT Minister Sidhu and Dr. Johann Wadephul shaking hands in front of Canadian and German flags.
ALT Minister Sidhu sitting at a conference table with delegates during a boardroom meeting with wooden walls in the background.
ALT Dr. Johann Wadephul sitting at a conference table with delegates during a boardroom meeting with wooden walls in the background.
ALT Minister Sidhu speaking at the meeting with a Canadian flag in the background.
Since 2014, and increasingly after its 2022 full-scale invasion, Russia has unlawfully detained thousands of Ukrainian civilians.
Arrested for teaching their language, defending their beliefs, and reporting the truth, they are not forgotten.
#StandWithUkraine
12 years ago, Russia's illegal occupation of #Crimea marked the beginning of its assault on #Ukraine. Ukrainians continue to pay the price, including civilians unlawfully detained in Crimea and children forcibly transferred from the occupied territory. #UNGA#UNGA81#CanadaAtUN