I am delivering this statement on behalf of the Group of Friends of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: Canada, Finland, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands and my own country, Australia. We thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting and the Secretary-General for his statement today.
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I have the honour of speaking on behalf of Canada, New Zealand and Australia (CANZ).
First, I offer thanks to the facilitators for their ongoing efforts in this difficult process. At the outset of negotiations, CANZ called for an ambitious outcome, one worthy of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Deve…
Armed conflict takes a devastating toll on children. The physical and psychological wounds of war, including the resulting displacement and disrupted education, illustrate why we must act. Australia commends the work of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Confli…
Australia takes this opportunity to congratulate the Government of Afghanistan on President Ghani’s 16 June decision to extend the unilateral ceasefire for the remainder of the holy month of Ramadan and for Eid Al-Fitr. The Afghan people overwhelmingly supported the cessation of hostilities, and the…
As others have done from this rostrum, I would like to begin by warmly thanking the Permanent Representatives of Finland and Jordan for successfully co-facilitating this year’s review process. After four weeks of intense negotiations, we commend them and their teams on their patience and dedication …
Australia was pleased to partner with Ghana to propose this important debate, the first General Assembly debate on the responsibility to protect in this decade. In 2005, the world’s leaders declared that we must never again react with indifference in the face of mass atrocity crimes. Leaders agreed …
Each year, we gather at this event to reflect on our 37-year campaign to end HIV/ AIDS. This year, Australia welcomes the gains that we have made across many of the 2020 fast-track targets. Approximately 21 million people living with HIV are on antiretroviral therapy. This scale-up has directly led …
Thank you, Madam President, for convening today’s important debate. The maintenance of international law, and through that, of international peace and security, is a pillar of the Charter of the United Nations. In past statements, the Council has explicitly affirmed its commitment to an internationa…
Sustaining peace is a policy agenda with the potential to have a transformative impact on the United Nations effectiveness. Properly implemented, it will make the United Nations more fit for purpose in the modern world and enhance implementation of the United Nations founding principles in this day …
After decades of conflict, the Afghan National Security Forces continue to make daily sacrifices in their efforts to protect their communities, while the Afghan people continue to suffer the ravages of terrorism and conflict. It remains vital that the international community continue to stand with t…
It is with pleasure that I am here today on behalf of Australia, in its role as the previous Chair of the Kimberley Process during 2017. The Kimberley Process makes a valuable contribution to the United Nations agenda for international peace and security, development and human rights.
Fifteen years…
The scale and pace of challenges facing the Security Council today must bolster our resolve to ensure that the Council is as agile and effective as possible. Australia welcomes the update to note by the President S/2010/507. We thank Japan, which acted as Chair of the Informal Working Group during i…
I thank Special Representative and all the briefers today for their valuable briefings.
Australia congratulates Afghanistan on overcoming significant security, political and humanitarian challenges in 2017, and notes the progress made on key reforms, particularly on anti-corruption and in the secur…
I thank the presidency of Japan for convening this debate, as well as the Secretary-General for his remarks.
Long-term, comprehensive solutions to conflict and crises remain elusive. Addressing increasingly complex contemporary challenges to international peace and security requires change in our a…
We have voted in favour today of resolution 72/74, a useful and important resolution. However, Australia dissociates itself from the fourth preambular paragraph, which notes the adoption of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation 2025 Programme of Action. Australia does not accept the Programme of A…
We are pleased to associate ourselves with the statement delivered earlier
by the representative of Samoa, on behalf of the Pacific Islands Forum.
We thank the coordinators from South Africa, Norway, Mexico and New Zealand for facilitating our consultations on the omnibus resolution on oceans and …
As an ardent supporter of the international consensus on Afghanistan, Australia is proud to co-sponsor draft resolution A/72/L.8. At a moment where this consensus has become brittle, we acknowledge the work of all countries in developing a draft resolution that reflects constructive engagement in su…
Australia commends Director General Amano for his report (see A/72/221) on the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). We were pleased to co-sponsor the draft resolution on the report (A/72/L.6).
This has been another productive year for the IAEA, and Australia continues to gre…
I would like to take this opportunity to thank Ambassadors Jinga and Khiari for ably leading the Security Council reform process during the previous session and, Mr. President, to warmly welcome your appointment of Ambassadors Imnadze and Nusseibeh as co-Chairs to take the process forward during the…
I have the pleasure of delivering this statement on behalf of Canada, Iceland, Liechtenstein, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland and my own country, Australia.
We take this opportunity to reaffirm our support for the Human Rights Council as the pre-eminent United Nations forum for consideration, disc…
