Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development

The Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development (FAAE) is a committee in the Canadian House of Commons. It focuses on foreign affairs and international development. Before the 39th Parliament, the committee was known as the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade.

The committee is a permanent committee of the House.

According to the the committee has the following general responsibilities:

• Canadian foreign and development policy, including Canada's relations with other countries;
• International affairs (including developments or crises in specific regions or countries) and international security;
• International organizations such as the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Organization of American States, Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation, the G8, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the Commonwealth of Nations, the Francophonie, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Departments under the committee's scruitiny:

• Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
• Canadian International Development Agency
• International Development Research Centre
• International Joint Commission

The following agencies report to the committee and fall under its mandate:

• Foreign Claims Commission
• International Boundary Commission
• Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission
• Canada-United States Permanent Joint Board on Defence
• Canadian International Grains Institute
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