Continuing where I left off yesterday. Nelson Mandela was made an honourary citizen of Canada here in the Museum while on a state visit. Canada's strong stance against apartheid resulted in a warm relationship between Mandela and the country as a whole.
Canadians have often gone out in disaster response around the world. This display case looks at some of that.
Canadians have also been active within the United Nations from the start. John Peters Humphrey, seen at lower right with Eleanor Roosevelt, drafted the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Stephen Lewis has spent a good part of his career doing work for Canada within the UN.
This is the robe of a prosecutor for the war crimes tribunal that looked into the aftermath of the collapse of the former Yugoslavia.
Louise Arbour was the Canadian judge who became chief international prosecutor in those tribunals, seeing the darkest humanity had to offer in the search for justice.
Canada today has a fine reputation abroad, with its citizens welcome around the world.
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