Canada Keeps Up Push for UN Security Council Seat During COVID-19 Crisis

Members of the Security Council vote at United Nations headquarters, in New York, on July 20, 2015. Seth Wenig/AP

OTTAWA—The COVID-19 pandemic ended the secret handshakes and deal-making in the world’s power corridors, but Canada’s campaign for a temporary seat on the United Nations Security Council is full steam ahead.

Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne and International Development Minister Karina Gould confirmed the continuing campaigning in separate interviews with The Canadian Press this past week.