On behalf of the Australian delegation, I wish to thank you, Mr. President, and the delegation of Canada for bringing this important question to the forefront of the Security Council’s agenda. We also very much welcome the fact that the decision was made to discuss this in an open meeting of the Cou…
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea has been the basis of Australia's approach to the regulation of maritime space since its entry into force in 1994, and it is pleasing to see that, in this International Year of the Ocean, there have been further accessions to this very important Co…
I have the honour to speak today on behalf of the delegations of Australia, Canada and New Zealand on agenda item 20.
Since we addressed the Assembly a year ago, a number of positive developments have taken place. In particular, our delegations are pleased to note that closer coordination and colla…
Although Australia shares the concerns of some Member States about the situation with respect to human rights and political freedom in Cuba, we do not consider that isolating Cuba through economic sanctions is an effective means of achieving human rights and political reform.
For that reason, Austr…
First of all, I wish, on behalf of the Australian Government to thank the Director General for his comprehensive report on the work of the Agency, and, further, for his long, dedicated and effective leadership. We warmly congratulate his confirmed successor, Mr. Mohamed ElBaradei, and promise Austra…
I have listened with great interest to earlier statements under this agenda item, and I must say that in many of them I find a strong resonance with the views of the Australian delegation. I refer in particular to those views relating to the importance of greater openness and transparency in the wor…
