Australia continues to stand with Ukraine today. It has been more than 500 days since Russia’s unprovoked, full-scale invasion
of Ukraine began, and nearly 300 since its attempted illegal annexation of the Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhya regions of Ukraine. Australia mourns the incalcula…
In recent years, our world has seen the devastating and lasting impacts of Russia’s illegal and immoral invasion of Ukraine; worsening conflicts in Africa, most recently in the Sudan; a rise in global inequality; and the biggest conventional military build-up since the Second World War in Australia’…
On behalf of Australia, I would like to thank the Permanent Representatives
of Canada and Tunisia for their tireless facilitation of the important resolution 77/298. I would also like to thank Under-Secretary-General Voronkov for his leadership on counter-terrorism in the United Nations system. We …
Australia sincerely welcomes the encouraging gains in the fight against HIV and AIDS that are highlighted in the report of the Secretary-General (A/77/877). AIDS-related deaths have declined by 68 per cent since they peaked in 2004 and new infections by more than 50 per cent since 1996. The global r…
I am pleased to deliver a statement on behalf of Canada, Australia and New Zealand (CANZ) about Georgia’s draft resolution on the status of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia.
CANZ is pleased to cosponsor this draft reso…
I would like to begin by acknowledging that we are on the traditional lands of the Lenape people. I pay my respects to their elders, past, present and emerging, and extend that respect to any First Nations people here today.
Australia is immensely proud to have worked with Indonesia and the United …
In a world facing multiple complex challenges, it really is especially important
for all countries to work together to strengthen and enhance the multilateral system and to stand up for the rules, standards and norms that allow each country to pursue its own aspirations and its own prosperity.
Aus…
I thank the Head of the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Those Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law Committed in the Syrian Arab Republic since March 2011, Ms. Catherine Marchi-Uhel, for delivering her imp…
What an important day this is. Climate change is an urgent global challenge and the single-greatest threat to the livelihoods, security and well-being of the Pacific. That is why it is so important that Pacific voices are at the centre of international climate discussions. We commend Vanuatu’s clima…
Let me begin by expressing Australia’s appreciation to Botswana for its efforts as Chair of the Kimberley Process in 2022. We also look forward to working with Zimbabwe as Chair this year. Australia congratulates Botswana on taking on the important role of hosting the Kimberley Process secretariat. …
First, I would like to thank Japan for convening this timely debate on investment in people to enhance resilience against complex challenges.
There can be no greater complex challenges than modern threats to sustainable peace. Countries emerging from or at risk of conflict must grapple with multifa…
This year we observe 40 years since the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which is quite simply a remarkable feat of multilateralism; 40 years later, Australia remains committed to upholding the integrity of the Convention in the future. We reaffirm the univer…
The events of 2022 have devastated lives and livelihoods around the globe. Multiple, intersecting and complex crises are stretching humanitarian organizations to their limits. Russia’s illegal war in Ukraine continues to unleash suffering, death, injury and destruction. Last week, Under- Secretary-G…
Australia shifted from voting against to abstaining in the voting on resolution 77/25, on the peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine, because it believes in a just and enduring two-State solution negotiated between the parties.
The conflict in Gaza in August and escalating tensions in th…
Australia takes the floor to provide an explanation of position on resolution 77/18, entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation”.
Australia continues to support cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)…
Let me begin by thanking the co-Chairs of the intergovernmental negotiations process for the seventy-seventh session, our dear friends and colleagues Tareq Albanai of Kuwait and Michal Mlynár of Slovakia.
Since we met on this issue in plenary last year, Members have received the starkest reminder o…
First of all, Australia thanks the Secretary-General for his report on the situation in Afghanistan (A/77/340), but I am compelled to say that Australia is extremely concerned by the report’s findings of escalating abuses of women’s and girls’ human rights. The growing humanitarian demands and ongoi…
Australia thanks the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for its report (see A/77/308 and A/77/308/Add.1) and the Czech Republic for introducing draft resolution A/77/L.9, of which Australia is pleased to be a sponsor.
As a founding member of the IAEA and a long-standing member of the Agency’…
This really is our opportunity to help the General Assembly move closer to being what we all know it can be and should be. It is a genuine honour to be re-appointed as co-Chair of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the Work of the General Assembly for the seventy-seventh session to he…
I thank President Hofmański for his briefing on the important work of the International Criminal Court (ICC) over the past year and his insights on the challenges ahead. Australia has been a steadfast supporter of the Court since it was established 20 years ago. Like the United Nations, the Court is…
