I would like to thank you, Madame President, for presiding over this meeting. I would also like to acknowledge the presence in the Council today of Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão and to thank him for his briefing this morning. This is an opportunity to acknowledge that his own leadership and the const…
I thank you, Madame President, for convening this important debate and for inviting us to participate. It has been a busy year for the Council, but nothing more important than the subject of this debate has been discussed. We thank everyone very much for their contributions.
I should also like to t…
Nearly 10 years on from the Monterrey Consensus, the international community faces the prospect of another major economic downturn. That will reverse hard-won development gains and once again erase the hopes of hundreds of millions, robbing them of their chance to escape the cruel cycle of poverty. …
Like others who have spoken before me, Australia remains committed to ending the scourge of conflict-related sexual violence. Besides the outrageous breach of women’s rights that rape and other forms of sexual violence entail, its impact on families and communities is particularly devastating and ha…
Today’s debate obviously provides an essential opportunity to review the challenges that the United Nations system has faced in responding to humanitarian crises over the past year and to reflect on how we need to work together to strengthen the international humanitarian system in 2011 and beyond.
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Australia appreciates the opportunity to address the General Assembly on the
subject of global health and foreign policy, a crucial linkage that we need to understand better and manage effectively if the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are to be reached.
Global health issues hav…
It is not only just an honour but actually an obligation to speak today following the introduction of this draft resolution (A/65/L.36) on the transatlantic slave trade. Australia is again this year a sponsor of the draft resolution. I say that it is an obligation because all of us are obliged to re…
As we all know, the Middle East has been subject to conflict for far too long. For too long, the peoples of that region have been unable to lead their lives in anything that even vaguely approaches peace and security. That should be an unbearable judgment on all of us.
Any lasting peace, of course,…
I would like first of all to thank the President of the General Assembly for having convened this important dialogue, and, of course, the Secretary-General and the Special Rapporteur for their comments earlier today. I would also like to thank President Evo Morales and the Plurinational State of Bol…
My delegation is honoured to be a sponsor of the draft resolution in document A/65/L.12 on sustained, inclusive and equitable economic growth, and we look forward to its adoption.
This morning, however, I want to comment on the vital issue of non-communicable diseases. As the report transmitted in …
Thank you, Mr. President, for the opportunity to address the Council on a decisive issue that goes to the core of the Council’s role in maintaining international peace and security and building the defences of peace. This, of course, is the issue of the protection of civilians in armed conflict. I w…
We thank the Security Council for the submission of its annual report (A/65/2) and the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom, Sir Mark Lyall Grant, for his introduction of the report to the General Assembly.
I take to heart the suggestion of Ambassador Parham earlier that we should not obs…
Australia welcomes the opportunity to speak in this debate and to endorse and sponsor the draft resolution on the situation in Afghanistan (A/65/L.9).
Australia’s own Parliament is itself in the middle of a debate on Afghanistan and our commitment to it. There is no more serious, or difficult, work…
I would first like to thank the President of the Assembly for convening today’s debate. Building the defences of peace is the most difficult work we can undertake, but of course it is also the most essential.
At the outset, I would like to very much commend the Permanent Representatives of Ireland,…
Thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s debate. We very much welcome the presence of African leaders in the Chamber today. That is a strong statement of the understandable importance that countries of Africa give this item. Australia shares that sense of importance.
The item under considera…
Australia keenly appreciates the Council’s continued attention to the situation in Timor-Leste and the opportunity to speak in the debate. We are very pleased to see you presiding over this meeting, Sir.
I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2010/522) and his Special Represe…
Australia is committed to the principles of sport for development and peace and to the role the United Nations can play in furthering those principles. We welcome the report of the Secretary-General on this subject (A/65/270) introduced this morning and would like to take this opportunity to thank M…
Australia would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report on intercultural, interreligious and intercivilizational
understanding (A/65/269) and his note on the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World (A/65/299), which we are considering he…
There has been much discussion about the importance of peacebuilding in different forums throughout the course of this year. Member States have been engaged in the review of the Peacebuilding Commission, and we commend Ireland, Mexico and South Africa on their leadership of our efforts in that regar…
It is my honour to speak on behalf of Canada, Australia and New Zealand (CANZ). Canada, Australia and New Zealand wish to take this opportunity to reaffirm our strong support for the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (…
