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the UN provides a location where nations can meet and discuss their problems and issues including womens rights, AIDS, social and economic development.
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U.N. countries sign the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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The British Commonwealth is created. Canada is one of the original members.
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is created as a military
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Canada sends troops to the Korean War supported by the UN.
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Lester Pearson becomes Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations.
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The first U.N. peacekeeping troops are sent to prevent war in the Suez Crisis by Lester Pearson.
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Lester Pearson wins the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Canada creates the Canadian International Development Agency to support international cooperation with countries of the world.
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Canada participates in a U.N. peacekeeping mission to Cyprus.
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Canada signs the Automobile Pact with the U.S. This is the beginning of free trade between the two countries.
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Pierre Elliott Trudeau visits China on a peace mission.
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U.S., Canada, and Mexico sign the North American Free Trade Agreement.
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Canada signs the Kyoto Accord, an international agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order to control climate change.
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Canada is one of the first countries to sign the Land Mine Ban Treaty.
