This week marks the sixth anniversary of the Maidan protests in Ukraine. It is also almost six years since Crimea’s annexation — an act that the General Assembly recognized as illegal in resolution 68/262. It is critical that the Assembly keeps the situation in Ukraine, as well as ongoing violations…
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) embody Australian values and our ambitions for our region, the Indo- Pacific — prosperity, stability and inclusiveness. We were pleased to join others in reaffirming our
commitment to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the SDG summit and through…
I would like to begin by thanking Indonesia and Foreign Minister Marsudi for the choice of the topic for this open debate, which enables all of us to focus in a concrete way on achieving the peace that we seek.
As the demands of modern peacekeeping grow more complex, training and capacity-building …
Australia is pleased to co-sponsor draft resolution A/73/L.44 today. We thank colleagues, particularly those from Germany and Afghanistan, for the leadership they showed in developing this year’s draft resolution, which represents a resounding demonstration of continued international support for Afg…
At the outset, I would like to thank Ambassadors Imnadze and Nusseibeh for leading the important process of Security Council reform during the seventy-second session. Australia also warmly welcomes the reappointment of Ambassador
Nusseibeh and the appointment of Ambassador Braun as co-Chairs of the…
I thank China for convening this debate today.
This is a challenging period for global cooperation. Geopolitical competition, propelled by rapid and accelerating change, as well as rising nationalism, pose powerful challenges to the core tenets of multilateralism. Australia recognizes the reality t…
This year we celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). That treaty is a remarkable achievement. It is the product of a common resolve, forged by the horrors of the previous century, to create a permanent international court to prosecute and pu…
