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The Colombo Conference took place
The Colombo Conference took place, providing an opportunity to discuss Asian development -
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Canada and World in 1950s
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Canada joined the Korean War
The first Canadian Troops enter Korea, So Canada joined the Korean War. -
Treaty of San Francisco
Canada and 48 other nations sign the Treaty of San Francisco, a formal peace treaty with Japan, re-establishing normal diplomatic relations. -
Geneva Conference
The conclusion of the Geneva Conference results in the Geneva Peace Accords, which led the French to withdraw their forces from what was then called Indochina (present-day Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos). The Accords also divided Vietnam into North and South along the 17th parallel. Canada played a role in supervising the ceasefire in Indochina, as part of the International Control Commission (ICC) along with Poland and India for the next 18 years. -
The IAEA -- International Atomic Energy Agency
The IAEA -- International Atomic Energy Agency -- is created by the United Nations, with substantial Canadian input. One of two "Regional Safeguard Offices", the most important centres other than IAEA headquarters in Vienna, is established in Toronto, where it presently remains. -
Law of the Sea in Geneva
First Conference on the Law of the Sea in Geneva. With the longest coastline in the world, Canada played a leading role in the negotiations and in the shaping of the Convention on the Law of the Sea, which would finally come into force on November 16, 1994. -
NORAD
In partnership with the United States, Canada jointly establishes NORAD: The North American Air Defence Command, as a response to the threat of Soviet long-range nuclear bombers. Presided over by Canadian and American officers, NORAD was established to provide aerial defense of the continent in the case of a nuclear attack. -
victory of the communist revolution in Cuba
Following the victory of the communist revolution in Cuba, Canada maintains cordial diplomatic and economic relations with Havana in spite of considerable pressure from the USA for Ottawa to have no contact with the Castro regime. This represents a major step in the independence of Canadian foreign policy vis-à-vis the USA towards a continental state.
