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The Honourable David Pratt, P.C. is currently serving as Advisor to
the Secretary General and Special Ambassador for the Canadian Red
Cross. Mr. Pratt’s focus is on issues related to conflict prevention,
the control of small arms and light weapons, international
humanitarian law, war affected children and security sector reform.
For 16 years, Mr. Pratt served as an elected representative at the
municipal, regional and federal levels. He was first elected to the
House of Commons for Nepean-Carleton in 1997. From December 2003 to
July 2004, Mr. Pratt served as Canada’s Minister of National Defence.
Prior to his appointment to Cabinet, Mr. Pratt was Chair of the House
of Commons Standing Committee on National Defence and Veterans Affairs
– a position he held from 2001 to 2003.
He also served as a member of
the House of Commons Justice Committee’s Sub-Committee on National
Security. As Canada’s Special Envoy to Sierra Leone under two
ministers of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Pratt was involved extensively in
legislation to address the “conflict diamonds” issue.
Keywords: Conflict prevention, small arms and light weapons
control, international humanitarian law, war-affected children,
security sector reform.
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