| Feburary
06 , 2008 |
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Speaker of the Week DON WRIGHT introduced our guest speaker, The Honourable Allan Rock. Mr. Rock, after a successful career as a lawyer, was elected to Parliament in 1993. During his ten years in Parliament he held a number of senior portfolios in Prime Minister Chrétien’s cabinet, first as Minister of Justice and Attorney General, then as Minister of Health and finally as Minister of Industry and Minister of Infrastructure. In 2003 Mr. Rock was appointed by Prime Minister Martin as Canada’s Ambassador to the United Nations. He led the Canadian effort at the UN to secure the adoption by world leaders, at the 2005 Summit, of the Canadian-inspired principle of the Responsibility to Protect [R2P]. This was the key topic of his talk. The Responsibility to Protect describes an evolving concept about the duties of governments to prevent and end unconscionable acts of violence against the people of the world wherever they occur. The Responsibility to Protect means that no state can hide behind the concept of sovereignty while it conducts, or permits, widespread harm to its population. The international community has a responsibility to protect the world’s population from genocide, massive human rights abuses and other humanitarian crises. These principles were set forth in a report entitled the Responsibility to Protect [R2P], issued with the support of the Government of Canada by the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty. Mr. Rock also touched on Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security. This resolution recognizes that men and women are often tasked with different roles within conflict settings, are affected uniquely by the conflict and may be differently able to contribute to preventing and stopping conflicts as well as rebuilding communities afterward. This is a radical departure from decades of thinking and policies that rendered both crimes against women and women’s roles in conflict situations invisible. JOANNE SMITH thanked Mr. Rock who was recognized by a standing ovation.
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