In an increasingly inter-dependent world,
the security of Canada is best preserved within a framework of international
law that is effective and enforceable. WOMEN’S ALLIANCE PARTY believes that the
United Nations has an essential and leading responsibility in world affairs and
that Canadian foreign policy can play a major role in strengthening and
reforming the United Nations, especially concerning its peacekeeping capability
so that it can take earlier and more effective action to prevent or restrain
conflict. This should include establishing fast track machinery for
negotiations; permanent, on-call, peacekeeping forces made up from high-calibre
peace-keeping troops; the establishment of a UN Staff College to train
officers; and improvements to the UN's command control, communication and
intelligence capabilities. WAP is concerned with the escalation of wars and how NATO is the 'face' that 'legitimizes' the use of military interventions to interfere and disrupt nations under the pretext of 'democracy' or 'terrorism'. WAP calls on an independent commission to review and determine the extent of NATO's acts of aggression, such as the most recent one in Libya. Canada's current government must be called to account for its role and actions in Libya. |