It is a pleasure, Mr. President, to see you here in New York, and to welcome you here. I should begin by acknowledging the important role that Singapore has played on the Council and by saying how particularly appropriate it is that Singapore should be President of the Council this month. Kishore Ma…
My prepared remarks invite me, in my first paragraph, to acknowledge the presence in the Chamber of Mr. Xanana Gusmão and Mr. Mari Alkatiri, but unfortunately the arrangements today for non-members to speak do not allow me to commence my remarks in that way. I have to say that this is disappointing …
Let me at the outset welcome you, Sir, to New York and congratulate you on the skill with which Norway, Ambassador Kolby in particular, has guided the work of the Security Council this month. Let me at the outset also associate myself and the Government and people of Australia with the expressions o…
I am speaking on behalf of the delegations of Australia, Canada and New Zealand. We regard this agreement on the list of speakers as a pragmatic step taken for the sake of ensuring the smooth running of the important conference at Monterrey, Mexico, next week. Financing for development is a topic of…
We raised our flag earlier as one of the sponsors of the draft resolution proposed by the delegation of Benin, on support by the United Nations system of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies. We had signed the lists of sponsors held by the delegation of B…
I should like, on behalf of the sponsors of draft resolution A/56/L.10, to raise a point of order in connection with the amendment contained in A/56/L.11. On behalf of the sponsors of the draft resolution, I formally move, under the terms of rule 74 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly,…
Australia, in its capacity as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has the honour to introduce the draft resolution on the report of the IAEA, as contained in document A/56/L.10.
The draft resolution is sponsored by 50 countries, as follows: Argentina…
Australia is pleased to support the draft resolution and its principal call to all Member States to build a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal and by putting the Olympic Truce into effect during the period of the Games.
It is sobering to note right now that there are many…
Australia is pleased to be able to support the draft resolution on cooperation between the United Nations and the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO).
We regret that we will not be able to adopt the draft resolution without a vote. The establish…
My delegation welcomes the new approach of clustering consideration of the United Nations relations with regional and other international organizations into one agenda item. This is both a better way of considering how multinational organizations work together and a better use of the General Assembl…
Australia has a long history of volunteers and volunteering, covering a wide variety of fields of work and human endeavour. We have been world leaders in some of these areas, and we have been willing partners, or active participants, with others in different areas. So it was from a rich base that
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Australia abstained in the voting on draft resolution A/56/L.22, even though we strongly believe that there must be a peaceful settlement of the differences which separate the Palestinian and Israeli peoples. Australia has great sympathy for the losses suffered by both Palestinians and Israelis, and…
For Australia, events in the Middle East over the past year have intensified the sense of deep frustration we felt when violence broke out again towards the end of last year.
After the real and courageous progress that Israel and the Palestinians made in the first half of 2000, we watched with dism…
Oceans and law of the sea issues are of critical importance to Australia, which is the world’s largest island and has one of the world’s longest coastlines and among the world’s largest
maritime zones and continental shelves. Three of the world’s great oceans break on our shores. Australian maritim…
Sir, let me begin, like others, by congratulating you on having been elected President of the fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly. Let me also very warmly commend you on your commitment to making the most efficient use of the Assembly’s time, including — if I may say — by beginning meetings …
I want to begin by thanking Director General ElBaradei for his comprehensive statement on the achievements of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the challenges it will face over the coming year. In carrying out the Agency’s mandate, member States have been very well served by Mr. ElBa…
The Australian people are shocked and outraged at the heinous attacks on the United States on 11 September. These attacks and the catastrophic loss of life, injury and destruction are utterly repugnant and inhumane. They can never be justified and must never be repeated. It is incumbent upon all of …
We, too, commend the Secretary-General on his report.
We also take this opportunity to again extend Australia’s condolences to those who suffered as a result of the attacks in this city on 11 September.
The international environment has undergone a fundamental, paradigm shift in the two weeks sinc…
I will be very brief, but it would be wrong for Australia not to today join with others in thanking Mr. Guéhenno and his team for the excellent report they provided us with and in welcoming very warmly the successful staging of the
elections for East Timor’s first Constituent Assembly. We want also…
Mr. President, I wish to thank you very much for scheduling this plenary debate, and I am glad you have been able to rejoin us this afternoon. It seems to me that not only have they displaced you from your office, Sir, while they are renovating, but they have also displaced you from your customary p…
