
UNITED NATIONS, March 16 -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moonon Wednesday welcomed the meeting by Canada of its self-imposed deadline to accept 25,000 Syrian refugees when he met with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at UN headquarters.
At the end of February, the Canadian government reached its goal of accepting 25,000 Syrian refugees. Earlier this month, Canada also announced an ambitious plan to admit record number of immigrants in 2016.
"The Secretary-General requested Canada's support for his recently adopted Plan of Action to Prevent Violent Extremism," said the readout.
On his first visit to the UN headquarters, Trudeau discussed the issues of climate change, sustainable development agenda, gender equality and humanitarian assistance. He also expressed the strong intention that Canada is looking forward to "a renewed role" at the UN in years ahead.
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