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Canada joined the United Nations; a group of 50 countries whose goals were to prevent wars, keep peace between/in countries, encourage cooperation between nations, defend human rights, improve the standards of living all over the world, and promote equality.
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U.N. countries sign the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. John Humprey, a Canadian, prepared the first draft of the Declaration which lead to its adoption by the General Assembly in 1948
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NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created as a military defence alliance due to fears created by the Cold war between the US and the Soviet Union and its allies. NATO includes Canada, the U.S., Britian and Northwestern European counrtires.
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Canada sends troops to the Korean War in a United Nations supported military action.
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The first U.N peacekeeping troops, in a decision negotiated by the Canadian Lester B. Pearson, are sent to prevent war in the Suez Crisis.
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NORAD was announced on August 1st 1957 as an agreementn between Canada and the United States.
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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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Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau recognizes Communist China in 1971.
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U.S., Canada, and Mexico sign the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
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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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A reconstruction team is sent to Kandahar, Afghanistan to assist the newly elected Afghanistan government
