Steeled by the horror of the most catastrophic conflict in history, humankind forged our United Nations. Its purpose is often defined not as taking us to heaven, but saving us from hell. Yet we convene this week with so much of the human family enshrouded in darkness and more conflict than at any ti…
Seventy-nine years ago, we established the United Nations, agreeing on a vision to protect all of the world’s peoples and the sovereignty of all nations — a vision for a world where no country dominates and no country is dominated. Yet those ideals endure more in promise than in practice. Our shared…
We created this institution recognizing that while our interests as countries may differ, we have shared purpose as people, because we can only solve our biggest problems together, because we determined after the last world war to prevent it ever being repeated, and because all of us can see the wor…
It is my honour to speak on behalf of Australia in the venerated General Assembly Hall, which signifies so much to the world’s peoples. It remains the only place where the whole world has agreed to come together, recognizing that we can solve our biggest problems only together; recognizing that prog…
