{"id":359860,"date":"2026-07-02T17:27:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T11:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=359860"},"modified":"2026-07-02T17:27:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T11:57:57","slug":"carneys-davos-speech-being-put-in-practice-at-un-ambassador-says-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/07\/02\/carneys-davos-speech-being-put-in-practice-at-un-ambassador-says-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Carney\u2019s Davos speech being put in practice at UN, ambassador says – National"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Prime Minister Mark Carney\u2019s vision of middle powers working with less traditional partners outside the superpower club is already taking shape on the United Nations, says Canada\u2019s ambassador.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have now arrange various different sorts of relationships that work for specific issues,\u201d said David Lametti, Canada\u2019s ambassador to the UN. \u201cAnd that\u2019s precisely the way through which I believe Prime Minister Carney has envisaged this, for areas outside of the UN.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carney attracted global attention this January with a speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos urging middle powers to band together to advance their interests and avoid being subjugated by superpowers.<\/p>\n

The prime minister also has sought to shift Canadian foreign policy from one depending on traditional allies to a brand new vision of what he has called \u201cvariable geometry.\u201d He described that approach last November as \u201cdynamic, overlapping, pragmatic coalitions, built around shared interests, and infrequently shared values, reasonably than shared institutions.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Carney gave the instance of tackling climate change through trade rules set by the European Union, technology standards drafted by China and India, and nature-based solutions supplied by Brazil.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been practising variable geometry on the UN probably for the reason that starting,\u201d said Lametti.<\/p>\n

Lametti said Canada has long sought to work on the UN with countries representing various regions and interests to hunt consensus on vital issues.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOn the UN, it happens on a regular basis,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Canada\u2019s foreign policy tends to be framed around the concept that a world rules-based order makes it easier for smaller countries to defend themselves and trade with others.<\/p>\n

Lametti said a significant a part of his job is overseeing what he calls \u201cthe center powers agenda\u201d of like-minded countries working to preserve international law and resolve crises.<\/p>\n

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He pointed to a UN group of countries co-ordinating efforts to tackle Haiti\u2019s gang crisis. The group is co-led by Ottawa and Washington but in addition includes Central American governments threatened by uncontrolled migration and smuggling.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a bloc of UN nations advocating for human rights that calls itself the Mountains Group; member states Canada, Australia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Recent Zealand, Norway and Switzerland all have large mountain ranges. Lametti said the work of the Mountains Group has develop into more outstanding as Washington has stepped back from championing human rights on the UN.<\/p>\n

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