I would like to thank the President of the General Assembly for the opportunity to speak today on this important topic.
Post-conflict peacebuilding is one of the fundamental challenges of our time. Collectively, we need to help prevent post-conflict societies from slipping once again into conflict.…
The advantage of speaking so late in this debate is that most things have already been said, so I will at least try to keep my comments brief.
First, we thank the Security Council for the submission of its annual report (A/64/2) and the Permanent Representative of Austria, Ambassador Mayr-Harting, …
Australia welcomes this opportunity to endorse and to be a sponsor of the General Assembly’s draft resolution on Afghanistan (A/64/L.8) and to reaffirm our commitment to international efforts to build a more stable and more secure Afghan State.
We would like first to take this opportunity to record…
Australia was deeply saddened by the conflict in the Gaza Strip and southern Israel last December and January, and we are very disturbed at the loss of momentum in recent efforts to restart the peace process. We ask the parties to do more.
We voted against resolution 64/10 because of a number of ge…
Australia welcomes the opportunity to participate once again in the Security
Council’s deliberations on Timor-Leste. We particularly welcome the participation of Deputy Prime Minister Guterres today. We congratulate Timor-Leste on its recent tenth anniversary of the United Nations- sponsored popula…
I thank President Treki for convening this joint debate on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) and the Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa. I will address each item in turn.
First, NEPAD continues to provide an important framework for address…
Australia was proud to co-sponsor resolution 63/281 on the link between climate change and security, and we are pleased that the Secretary-General's report (A/64/350)
is being considered today. It is a small but important step forward in addressing this serious global challenge.
We are now all dee…
I come to the Assembly, as Australia has each year since the first session of the General Assembly in 1946, and I come in the same spirit, to seek solutions to the great challenges of our age and together help give those solutions effect.
The challenges are not new. They are reflected in the Preamb…
Since this is the first occasion on which I have had the opportunity as Australia’s new Permanent Representative to address the General Assembly, I would like to say how much I am looking forward to working with the President of the Assembly and all of our colleagues in the years ahead. I was a juni…
Australia appreciates and strongly supports the work of the Committees established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1373 (2001) and 1540 (2004). We also acknowledge the able assistance provided by their respective expert bodies. A global effort is needed to oppose terrorism effectively, and the …
Australia is grateful for the opportunity to participate in this debate. In the interests of time, I will skip some parts of my distributed statement. We agree with the Secretary-General’s report (S/2009/135), and with other speakers that have referenced it, that 2009 will be a critical year in Afgh…
We once again appreciate the opportunity to participate in the Security Council’s deliberations on Timor-Leste. Like others, we are particularly pleased to see President Ramos-Horta here
today and take the opportunity to acknowledge his significant personal efforts to promote peace and national rec…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Australian Government and am very grateful for the opportunity to address the General Assembly during this important follow-up to the 2005 International Year of Microcredit.
Australia sees the financial inclusion of the poor as essential to the reduction …
Australia is committed to the principles of sport for development and peace and to the role that the United Nations can play in furthering those principles. We welcome the report of
the Secretary-General on that subject (A/63/466) which is before the Assembly this morning. We also welcome the Secre…
Thank you, Mr. President, for the opportunity to speak today on Australia’s assessment of the current threats to international security from terrorism.
First, I would like to join others in expressing our condemnation and disgust at the recent attacks in Mumbai. Australia reiterates its sympathy an…
Australia has the honour of sponsoring both of the draft resolutions before us today (A/63/L.42 and A/63/L.43). We wish to thank the coordinators of those draft resolutions, Ambassador Henrique Valle of Brazil and Ms. Holly Koehler of the United States respectively, both of whom did excellent work. …
I am pleased to speak today on this important topic and bring an Australian perspective to the situation in the Middle East.
My Foreign Minister, Mr. Stephen Smith, recently met with the Israeli and Palestinian leadership to reaffirm the Australian Government’s strong commitment to the Middle East …
Given the time pressure, I will deal just with the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and related matters. Australia recognizes that intergovernmental negotiations on equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Securit…
This is quite a historic day for the General Assembly and it has been a very long time coming. I recall when negotiations on resolution 63/281 commenced last summer. At that time, there was a lot of discussion among us on what
the resolution was really about — whether it was really about climate ch…
I thank you, Sir, for again allowing us the opportunity to express our appreciation of and strong support for the work of the Security Council’s counter-terrorism committees and their respective expert groups. They work to give practical effect to the United Nations counter-terrorism framework and t…
