We have often debated both in the foreign affairs committee and in the defence committee the need for this country to be a strong supporter of the United Nations system not just because of a humanitarian interest but because of the vital interest of ourselves as Canadians to have a strong, international, multilateral capacity to respond to problems of this nature. Unfortu
nately they are not becoming less frequent in the world but in today's world for reasons which relate to the end of the cold war and shifting alliances and, in some ways, to the insecurity that is building in various parts of the world
they risk becoming ...[+++]more frequent.
Au contraire, dans le monde d'aujourd'hui, pour des raisons qui sont liées à la fin de la guerre froide et au changement des alliances, puis, dans une certaine mesure, à l'insécurité qui apparaît dans divers coins du monde, ces problèmes risquent de se multiplier.