Canada's ambassador to the United Nations is expected to speak later today about a UN effort to establish a temporary pause in the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.
Bob Rae will take the podium on Day 2 of a special emergency session of the UN General Assembly as delegates debate a draft resolution calling for a pause in hostilities.
The resolution also calls on the two sides to comply with international humanitarian law and to allow essential supplies and services into the war-torn region.
Canada is also proposing an amendment to the resolution that would expressly condemn the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel that triggered the latest crisis.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada supports the idea of ``humanitarian pauses'' to allow aid into the Gaza Strip and the evacuation of civilians and foreign nationals.
A major humanitarian crisis is now blooming in the Hamas-controlled Palestinian territory of Gaza, home to 2.3 million people who face food, water and fuel shortages.